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    Rye Grass Vs Oats

    Anyone over seed some area in their pastures? What works best for them? Oats or Rye Grass? I do not have the equipment to turn over the ground just curious covering a few spots with he rain in the forecast.
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    Aborting Question

    My neighbor bought 20 or so beautiful black baldie heifers. ( jealous ) they are really good. However they are only freshly weaned and he dropped them in the pasture with is 8 month old bull calves. As we know from one of our last posts. This is a huge HECK No! However when I asked him about it...
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    Hay Planning

    I have a guy across the road who is bailing up his sudan and corn stalk hay. He has more than plenty to feed his own cows and keeps his fields well maintained. My question is how do you all go about caculating how much hay youll need to make it through? It always seems like a buy to little or...
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    e6 Beefmasters

    Anyone have experience with these types of ladies picked up two in my replacing phase :devil2: They came in with 6 purebred females. Look solid figured I'd turn them into cash producers. Apparently the breeders bull was down for a bit and he turned some of these girls out with his neighbors...
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    Weaning Calf Question

    A Buddy Of Mine Needs A Place To Wean His Bull Calf So I Told Him He Could Bring It Over. Well He Did and he just dumped him in the pasture with our new heifers. We have good fences.. however will he stay? We watched him for about an hour after being dropped off walk the fence and ball. Should...
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    New Heifers Vaccinations

    As many of yall know my last group of heifers were stolen from me and im going to be replacing them this weekend with a group of e6 beefmaster females i purchased. Breeder said they have been worked with blackleg and calfhood vaccines when younger. However they are about 11 months old and what...
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    Stolen Heifers

    Not a related topic but we had 7 of our replacement heifers stolen tuesday night. We had them all penned to work wendesday afternoon. We had plans on adding to the group and working them all at once wends. evening. Cant believe some people...Im afraid the more and more this market goes up and...
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    Culling

    When do people start looking at their herds to cull cows? Is this usally done at certin points by most people such as shots,weaning,breeding etc..?
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    Just An Observation

    BEEEEFFMMMAASSTTEERRSS Are Expensive! Thanks Nolan Ryan!
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    Cotton Seed Meal/ Growing Replacements

    I have been told cotton seed meal is a good source of protein carrying near 40% been trying to do some research regarding feeding rations. I have 7 replacements im growing out now and considering using it. Does anyone feed this? What are the benefits? Should i be cautious of giving them to much...
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    Table Of Knowledge

    I was sitting around the table with some buddies i like to drink coffee with and this question came up. Can a commercial herd ever breed up to a registered herd through the use of ai? We all pulled out our phones and no one could seem to find the answer. I'd like to look smart with this answer...
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    Bismarck Vs Brilliance

    I know its early but I have ben looking at bulls to use on my braford and brangus cross heifers. What are yalls thoughts on these two bulls for first calvers? I really liked the accuracy of bismarck and that hes proven. Also any other angus bulls that yall have used Id like to take a look at...
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    Feeding Mineral

    Do I have to feed the mineral under a covered feeder? Or can i use an old feed bunk I have?
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    Breeding Heifer

    We currently have 10 heifers 9 of which are averaging around 500 pounds or so and we plan to hold off till the spring for breeding. However we just aquired an awesome 650 pound 13 month Angus Plus heifer that we are considering taking to a buddies for some ai work to a calving ease angus bull...
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    Bull Selection

    What are your thoughts on using Maine/Angus Bulls On 1st calf heifers? Heifers are American Brahman Cross. How big are their calfs? I would imagine their calves would make tremendous females. Been noticing Clay Nohavitz videos on you tube!
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    Warts on Neighbors Cows

    A Couple of the neighbors cows have warts.. They share the same fenceline as my heifers and are often seen walking and grazing along the fence together. I was told that this is very common in weanlings and young heifers.. Is there anything i can do to prevent my heifers from catching it? They...
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    Hole In Cows

    How do you fill in that gap behind a cows ribs? All my cows are fat and sassy and appear in good shape but have a hole between their hips and ribs?
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    Weaning Calves Growth

    On Average how much weight per day will weaning calves gain on good pasture?
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    Feeding Mineral

    Just built a mineral feeder and need to know what brand of mineral and what she would be putting out during the summer. Heifers are 450-600 pounds and we are located in central texas near waco. Do you provide mineral year around? Do the cows take to it automatically? Do we need to put it near...
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    New Heifer

    Honest Evaluation. Located In central texas Got Her From A Neighbor. Hes Weaning His 1st Calvers early and been giving me great deals. Shes right at 450 pounds. What do yall think?
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