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How much land to I need for about 25-30 head of cows? How often will I need to rotate pastures, reseed and fertilize? What kind of fencing is suitable for cattle? Barbed? Electric? Board? I would like to get a feel for what I should be looking for in land and set-up. Also what kind of fencing...

Moving to Texas. My husband's company has a branch down there in Denton. More open land around there, than here in MN too. Also we're tired of the bitter cold. He said if I wanted his help with the outside animals that we needed to move to a milder climate. However, if we did move there we...

I actually have never taught her to lunge. I'm not sure why, but that would be a good thing for her know as well as being good exercise. Also we sometimes just go for walks for exercise. She needs to get used to traffic and dogs, etc anyway. Walks seem to be a good way to get her used to that...

Yes she drives without being lead. She figured out how to work the shafts very quickly. She can turn the cart around on a dime. She has the nicest high kneed trot you could ever want. She looks a bit like a hackney when she trots. But, her body is so solid that she also resembles a draft horse...

See! I knew you guys could tell me more than a book ever could! I think I was right!! I'm printing everything you all have told me and filing it with my cattle info. As far as distance to travel for cattle I don't know yet. I am trying to get my husband interested in northern Texas. What do...

Now I have heard that angus in general are sometimes aggressive. Is that true? I want to get a variety of options. Does anyone know of a beef breed that is a bit on the small side that would fit my specifications?

I would like to train my pony to ride. However I think she is too unsafe for a child to train. I was wondering if I'm too big to train her? She is 10+hh and almost 500lbs. I am 5.5" and under 110lb. She pulls a cart no problem and seems very athletic. She is coming 3 this summer and has good...

What is a good beginners breed of beef cattle? If I wanted to start working with cattle what breed would be a good one to start with? I would want a type of cow/steer/bull that was easy to handle and calves easily. One that wasn't to expensive, so I could just get used to the cattle business...

If I wanted to keep the hide, skull and horns would I still be able to request them from a large slaughter house? Or would I need to go to a local meat locker to be able to keep them?? Also, if I sold to a slaughter house would they pay me extra for hides, skull and horns as well as the actual...

Thanks guys!! I was talking about Highlanders with my husband and he was like, well how much do they cost? I didn't know forsure because no one on the internet posts prices. You've been a great help thank you.

I was wondering how expensive it is to buy semen and have A.I. done to a cow? Assuming the bull is fullblood highlander as well as the cow. Also does anyone know about how much highland cattle are running in price right now?

I never meant to insult anyone (balls or no balls-by the way I don't have them). I was making the statement for myself alone. I was only saying that if putting a steer on a truck/trailer that doesn't seem safe (I'm sure that not all cattle trucks are created the same!) bothers me-then I will...

CRR~You sound hungry!!! LOL! And...you grossed me out! You know that?? The stuff you told me is true, but I get sick looking at cartoon posters of human insides at the doctor. I think I'll go throw up now. Just kidding!!! You sound like a meat eater!! Me too. Even if I wouldn't want to kill...

That's how I feel! I just want to raise a good animal. I don't want to show unless I need to. I want work on my bloodlines until I have all the qualities I want. I want to have a animal that breeds easily, is gentle and low key, calves without much assistance and is just a pleasure to have...

Okay I get your point!!! All I was trying to say is that if I had to send my cattle to the slaughter I would make myself responsible for making sure that the cattle had a safe ride to the slaughter and that they died without undue suffering. I talked with one Dairyman who said that when they...

Everyone please keep responding to me first question! I know that sending your cattle in a double decker semi trailer can be the most scary stressful thing that can happen to any animal headed to slaughter. I also know that when they shoot an animal to kill it for slaughter that it doesn't...

Just wandering what highland cattle are selling for right now?

I don't understand how people can bring themselves to slaughter an animal that they have raised! I want to get into the cattle business, but I can't even imagine raising an animal and willfully sending in to slaughter. I plan to run a very small business of mainly speciality cattle like...

Okay you all have helped me alot. Now I've only watched and helped out at with my old 4-H group with a small cattle show. I've never been to anything bigger. What about adults showing cattle? I hear alot about kids showing in my area, but not alot about adults. Are there seperate shows for...

Here we go again with my endless questions. By the way you all have been so helpful! I want to know if showing you cow/bull/steer raises the value of either that particular animal or the herd perhaps that it came from. Say if I had a farm where I was raising cattle to get the best beef animal...