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Hi All, I'm starting my fifth year of raising cattle (cow/calf) and now have two farms that are 37 miles apart. The purpose of my post is get some opinions on an interesting observation. I've had one farm five years, and the other one approaching two years. For each of the past two years, it's...

Hi all, I've been at this three years now and continue to learn and grow my herd. However, yesterday I sold three calves (Angus) that I didn't catch with a larger load from about six weeks ago. Three steers, one BLACK 900 lbs sold for .40, yep, he lost most of his ears to frost bite, guess the...

Hi All, Been awhile since I posted, but things are going okay, even with $0.90 calves. :( The point of my post is to get input on storage options for feed like pellets and cubes. Up to now I've been buying by the sack but it's too expensive now that I'm over 100 head. The local coop can...

Hi All, Well I was driving down the hwy today and saw a guy hauling big round bales in his livestock trailer. Now I understand how he got them in there, but I don't see how he is going to get them out. :D It looked like maybe a 24' trailer and he had maybe five round bales in there end to end...

Hey All, Thanks for the trailer help so far. I've spent the last week calling dealers, looking at trailers, calling vendors, etc and am finally ready to pull the trigger. I'm pretty sure I've found the best prices as I've called most everyone in a 150 mile radius. Below are my final choices and...

Hey All, Well, I'm narrowing down my stock trailer purchase and I'm back to ask just a few more questions. I'm going to pull the trigger this Thursday and have identified 3-4 dealers. I've compared the Featherlite and Barrett - Both good aluminum trailers. However, I now see that I can get a WW...

Hi All, After being at this for two years now, I'm ready to start breeding some replacement heifers. I currently have two registered BA bulls and am wondering if their EPDs will allow me to use one on my heifers in the spring. I may just purchase a heifer bull, but I would like to understand...

Hi All, I'm looking to purchase my first stock trailer now that I've been in the business for two years and am up to about 60 cows. I'm looking at either a steel Titan or aluminum Barrett trailer, both of which ar 24' long. The Titan is $8,250 and the Barrett is $15,200. The sales guy said the...

Hi All, I sold my hay equipment so I could run more pairs on my place. Of course, picked a tough time to do this given hay prices this year, but anyway I now need to buy and transport hay. Can you all provide some options on how you do it? My neighbor said he would deliver the 120 big round...

Hi All, My place didn't have any birdsfoot trefoil in the pastures so this winter I put a few handfuls of trefoil seed in every 50 pounds of mineral that I fed. This summer I have lots of good stands of trefoil mostly around the cow patties. :D My question is - can I do this with Red/White...

Hi All, I've been at this now for a bit over a year and I want to thank everyone for the help and support. Last February I started with 10 older, mixed pairs. Learned a lot over the summer and sold 9 calves (kept one heifer back) at the sale barn and did well. I borrowed my neighbor's...

Hi All, New calf hit the ground Thursday afternoon. Momma had the calf in a draw and it rolled into a ravine and was chilled to the bone when I found her (the high was 6 that day). Brought her inside and warmed her up and everything is now fine. The question I have is she is from a black...

Hi All, Out chopping ice and checking on the cows today and I found one of my bred cows with something hanging from her vagina. She is due within the next 30 days. I went to get help from my neighbor (has had cows for years) and he said he thought it was just the afterbirth hanging down and...

Dun mentioned the concept of a calf stealer on another thread and I would like to understand this a bit more. I'm putting this on the begginer board as I've only been at this now for about a year. Anyway, my first calf dropped back on December 5th, so the calf is about 8 weeks old. Yesterday...

Hi All, I started my heard back in Feb 06 with 10 pairs. Worked through fixing fence, enhancing facilities, learning how to give shots, etc. and did just fine. Sold off 8 calves in October and held 2 back. Traded use of my pastures this summer for the use of a neighbors registered Angus bull to...

Hi All, I've been at this now about six months have have learned a lot with the 10 pairs that I purchased back in February. Back then I purchased a rag-tag group of older cows with BA, Herford, BWF, and even a Gert. They're all doing fine and are now bred to calve in March. I plan to sell the...

Hi All, Well I'm six months into the cattle business and I have learned a lot during that time. I started with 10 sale-barn pairs back in Feb and they are a hodge podge of Black Angus, Herefords, BWF, and one Gert. The calf crop isn't consistent as each most likely came from a different sire...

Hi All, I've found some strange behaviors with the search capability on this site and am not sure where to post my findings (and ask for help). For example, if I search for "Red Angus" I get ZERO matches. However, if I search for "Red Anugs" (notice the mis-spelling) I get exactly two hits...

Hi All, Today I was working my calves getting ready for weaning. I gave a shot of Alpha-7 to each calf and a shot of BarVac CDT for the bulls getting banded. When I was cleaning up the syringes, I stuck myself (I was worn out) with (I think) the Alpha-7 needle (still attached to Allflex...

Hi All, After doing lots of research, I'm finally in the cattle business. I purchased 10 pairs in early March from the farmer that was renting my pasture (The cows calved here). The calves have been on the ground now for approximately 3 months and I plan on working them in the next 2-3 weeks. I...