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Thank you all for the help... Any additional vaccinations I should give while I'm at or just tetanus and blackleg. Need to tag him also but I don't believe I have any questions about that... Little bugger is gunna have a rough day...

I need to band my first calf (2 1/2 month old angus cross). It was a bottle calf i was gifted because the farmer didnt want to mess with it. I've just turned it loose into the pasture so its time to do the deed... I need the rundown on procedure and some advice From what ive read so far i need...

Wow...way to dive in head first...off a cliff...blindfolded... If the pastures are as bad as you describe why did they have so may head per acre?

I've also wondered if there is any merit to picking up 1-2 cheap dairy calves, raising them on pasture, and butchering them for burger and maybe a few of the nicer steak cuts. Got more grass than cows...

My thoughts were that novel fescue and clover would be about the only things that could survive in a fescue stand. Good point about the cattle eating the novel over the E+... I just need something to help fill out the fields...maybe i should just keep grazing and mowing until they fill...

Hello all, I've recently begun cleaning up pastures which by appearances have been neglected for many years. The pastures are currently mainly fescue presumably E+ with some scattered timothy and orchard mixed in. I've been mowing off the grass since last summer but its still pretty thin. I am...

These photos probably show the worst pasture areas they have access to...they get a fresh strip of the actual pasture each afternoon. I feed them 3-4 lb of corn each day simply to supplement the pastures. I intend to ramp them up to 20-25 lb cracked corn per day for the 90 day finishing period...

i should add that they are both currently on pasture with 3-4 lb corn per day

Hello all, I have a steer that i intend to take to the "spa" after a 90 day corn finish. I'm looking for some guidance on when to start that process. No cattle scale...based on my last round of measurements (6/12/17) Heart Circumference: 66", Length:46". Using the Heart*Heart*Length/300...

The 30% and 70% is a percentage of total feed. That information came from an artical i read. It stated that the cows digestive system should be tuned to digest primarily grass or grain but would not digest both efficiently at the same time. Hence the below 30% of the total diet or more than 70%...

Hello all, could use some advice for a rookie... Background: -5 Acres currently fenced another 20+/- yet to be fenced/repaired -Fescue, Smooth Brome, Orchard, White Clover, and Red Clover grasses Identified so far -Northeast Missouri -Complete Rookie I recently purchased 3 beef cattle, 1...

As i said before im just looking at my options...bottle calves are not necessarily what i will end up with. In fact ide much rather get weened calves ready for pasture in the spring. However they are more expensive up front, bottle calves would allow me to purchase more to start with and absorb...

well there may be some truth to that but as i said im stlll planning. Ide like to know my options.

Hello all, I am in the planning phase of acquiring some cattle and had a few questions about using milk replacer for bottle fed calves. The one question i cant seem to find an answer for is once the milk replacer is mixed with water how long is it good for? The reason behind this question is...

I agree that the length and angle of the brace make a huge diffence as far as lifting forces. And with the floating system if you do not provide a bearing surface for the brace it will sink into the ground and the post will lean. But if the brace post provides a lateral force instead of just...

Hello, Can anyone please explain to me why a floating corner brace system requires the actual brace to be floating ontop of the ground? It seems like if the brace post was ended in the ground against a dead man of sorts that the brace would be alot more effective? The only reasons i can think...