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    Hereford breeders...thoughts?

    Not sure what to do with this guy, keep him and sell him as a 2yo or sell him as a Yearling. Born Sept.20 probably in the 400lb range right now....looks like he'll be a big one. Just dwarfs the other bull calf we have that was born on the 8th of Sept. http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i...
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    Top Hereford - AI

    as our last calf dropped, i immediately starting thinking about AI. As these girls get healed up I need to be getting my homework done on who to pair them up with... Any Suggestions? Purebred Registered Hereford stock...
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    Fire Sale

    Our Second Calf came Saturday night!! What a cool experience..i missed the birth by a few minutes but got to see Him take his first steps right after a few comical spills! What a miracle, watching those mama's go to work on their babies is such an incredible thing! That natural process just...
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    Coyotes

    An interesting experience yesterday... I was adjusting the Carburetor on my daughters 4 wheeler yesterday afternoon when I heard the neighbors chickens clucking and flying around. They have free range and come over to visit quite a bit, I didn't think much about it because it was around 5 in...
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    Our first Calf

    We had our first Calf last Monday...Mama is great and the Bull Calf is doing real well! What an Experience for a young ranching family! Mama Cow sure did give us a little scare by hiding the calf so well I couldn't find him on morning 2....anyone have that experience? 2nd calf coming...
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    Michigan bound - for a year

    I'm taking a contract Design Assignment in the Sterling Heights, MI area for a year. I'll be designing Harnesses on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and want to try and make a connection while I'm there. Ideally I'd like to room on a ranch or farm and help out where I can when I have the free...
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    Gate latches?

    I'm building a new gate this weekend. Thought i'd ask the boarders (pun intended) what they think of the available latches...which are a NO-NO and which are best?? Gate will be similiar to this with 8.5' tall posts and a cross beam connecting them:
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    Beef Cattle Short Course - TAMU

    My wife went last year and I'm thinking about heading down this year. Does anyone on here attend this event? The wife thinks it was great for beginners but may be a bit simple for the Veteran Cattleman. http://animalscience-old.tamu.edu/ansc/BCSC/ I think its a worth while trip....
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    humor me challenge!

    if you'll humor me for a minute. I wanna check my Bull selection skills against some folks who've been at this a lot longer than me....I think we'd all chose a better Bull than the ones here, but if you had to chose one, which one is the best out of these 8? Top Left is #1, Top Right is #2...
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    humor me challenge!

    if you'll humor me for a minute. I wanna check my Bull selection skills against some folks who've been at this a lot longer than me....I think we'd all chose a better Bull than the ones here, but if you had to chose one, which one is the best out of these 8? Top Left is #1, Top Right is #2...
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    Scrape or Disc and Harrow or?

    Since closing on our ranch in Dec, I've been struggling with the idea of smoothing out the pasture or just living with it for a couple of seasons. I've learned that the pasture was sprigged Coastal Bermuda but that was over 6 years ago. The neighbor had been baling and grazing it during that...
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    Beef Cattle Science

    Has anyone read the Beef Cattle Science book by M.E. Ensminger? Apparently it's a text book from Colorado State University and brings a new price of 186 bucks. Amazon has used copies for 20ish.... useful to anyone?
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