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Hello I am currently feeding some steers out.I have them up to 9 lbs corn in morning and 9 at night per steer free choice hay. The family wants to go camping this weekend so I would miss sat night and sun morning .What happens if I miss a feeding do I double it at night. I am worried I will mess...

I have a supply of wheat midlens and was wondering if it makes a good supplement to winter cows ? Does anybody know the nutrients of it before I get it tested? how much do you feed? Can i feed it straight or do i need to mix it with some corn?

I know it is crazy but I found a market for bottle calves. So what would be a good way (Easiest on cow/calf)to turn a calf into a bottle baby. I would ony want to do this on heifer calves but not screw up my cows.Would you let thim nurse a day then pull them off the cow? Or nurse once A day/...

I have a couple beef hearts. Anybody have any recipes for them. Preferibly something easy I don't think my wife will fix them for me. Maybe crok pot? I also have some oxtail but I think it will have to go to the dogs. Thanks

Did I miss something where is caustic?

I have a couple skulls w/ horns that are cleaned no meat. What do you do to make the horns look good? Sanding? polishing? peroxide?

I banded a newborn bull last week and his sack fell off but his nuts are still there. Do I need to worry about anything? Ive been watching for flies. Looks kinda nasty all shriveled.

What is a good brand of older manure spreader and what kind of price range? I need one to clean up my bale rings.

I got a govt survey in the mail wanting to know what I raised. It says you can be fined if you don,t send it in. I don,t feel it is any of there business I don,t get any of there wellfare money, Wife tells me fill it out. Well I threw it away and now I got another. Did any body else get this ...

I tried banding a bull calf 150 lb and everytime Iwould get ready to slide the bander on he would suck up his testys. I would work them back down but same thing. I will try again saturday does anybody have any tips? I am using a cheerio bander in a head chute wife holds the tail. I have never...

Well I had my first steer proccessed. Pure bred Highland. It weighed 1140 lb live, 638lb hanging, roughly 390lb package meat. I sold 3/4 of it for $2.25lb hanging I paid proccessing, which was .56 lb hanging. Do these numbers sound comparable to you,re operations I want to be fare to my...

I have a700 lb heifer I am trying to put in the lot to feed out but she has jumped the cattle panels twice to get with the other cows. She clears all but the top 12 inches crazy #@!## I have a young steer with her.Do any of you have a easy fix? I was going to try hot wire around the top.

Is there a average price per hanging weight if so , where can I find it?

Hello everybody my mother n law gave me a smoker/grill for christmas. I want to try it out this weekend so I got a pork roast,beef brisket, and pork ribs. I would like some good southern bbq. :D Does anyone have a favorite recipe? I was thinking a dry rub? This will be my first time smoking so...

I just scheduled my first steer for slaughter, feb 16 and was wondering what different cuts you get? The butcher asked what we like, how thick ,package size, etc. We usually only buy hamburger and some roasts,rarely a t-bone, more hot dogs and pizza than anything. :oops: Could I have some...

well I have my first calf today, and we have 10 inches of snow on the ground and it's supposed to be cold tonight, it's 13 deg now. The cow is very protective and down a big hill from my barn. Do I leave them alone or try to move the calf ?She has him dry but he seems to be shivering alot and he...

I weighed a steer and it weighed 980. How do you know when they are finished? ADG was 2.28 on 12 lbs 13% corn/corn gluten a day for 90 days. I plan to ramp over to straight corn.

My wife is growling that I need to build a R.o.p.s on my I.H. 706 Anyone have any plans or know where I can get some.

Dumb question. Do big muscular bulls maintain that size on just pasture, or are people feeding them lots of supplement/grain? What do you feed your Bulls? Just curious I see alot of Huge bull pics.

I can get corn gluten pellets mixed with corn bagged 13%. But you have to buy a ton at a time. Would it stay good in a shed for 3-4 months? If so it would save me around $ 30.00 ton over what I,m doing now.