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I believe you would come closer to building Rome in a day than a herd of cattle. My bull was born in june of 06. So i decided to use all of the heifers born off that group of pregante cows. Out of 37 cows I ended up with 18 healthy heifers 9 bulls 5 deaths at births and 5 I dont know if the...

I'm hoping to be cutting and bailing hay this year. I'm planning on using a JD 348 w/ a bail ejector. I'm thinking about using an old cotton wagon and putting sides on it to catch the bails. The more I look over this system it sure starting to look alittle more like work. I'm kinda starting to...

I'm In the process of buying a john deere. I'm torn between 2 machines. A 5300 w/ a 520 loader and a 5310 w/ a 540 loader. The stealer is only asking $100 more for the 5310 and it's 3 years newer but has the nearly the same hours on each machine. The problem? I hooked up on the 5300 yesterday...

I can buy a sickle conditioner for $500. I've always heard that sickles are more trouble than worth. What do yall think. I'm just now starting out cutting my own hay. This mower will just be a starting point. I'm planning on moving on to a disc mower. Funds holds me back at the moment from...

I'm not wanting to redefine hobby farming. I want to redefine hobbies in general. After thinking about it this weekend It came to me that since thursday i put in 34 hrs building 2 catch pins and 4 allies. I spend $1,100 on 2 headgates alone. And this is my "hobby". Of course this was a long week...

Does anybody know of any chicken forums? I'm looking into building a couple houses but have alot of questions or things i want to learn about before i jump in. I've searched all over the net and cant find anything. Thanks in advance.

Yesterday we got a calf from a cow i've long given up on to calf. I saw her saturday, she showed no signs that i noticed. She was going to be carried to the sale on the first saturday of july. Talk about in the nick of time. This is the first red bull born on the lazym. We where expecting a...

The LazyM would like to welcome it's new partner. a 8lb 9 oz babyboy born monday 4-24-06 7am. I reckon he'll one day hold the reins. the wife and i are is glad things can go back to normal........Welcome Son

Has anybody here in Al. gotten their letter saying they have to get DOT number for their pickup to haul their cattle or what ever? i have'nt gotten 1 yet but i know servial guys that have gotten them this week. it seems that we're going to have to up our insurence and get our trucks inspected...

Any body has an idea what this is? http://cattletoday.com/photos/uploads/3 ... 6_0731.jpg looks like it might be a cancer but it had to just pop up sence monday. i checked this lady out monday and there was no growth on this jaw then. i just noticed it a few minutes ago. i have more pictures if...

I dont know how you guys up north make it. it got cold down here and these cows are eating me out of house and home. lol. i thought i lived in the south it aint suppose to get cold. i now this if i lived up north i would'nt raise cattle. i could'nt feed the buggers...hope everybody is warm......

I dicided to research synthetic fertilizer just to see what was out there. when i search for organic fertilizer i find a lot of nut cases so hey i wondered what the out come would be in reverse. i came across this article {http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/home_lawncare/110295 }which is 4...

I saved 2 bred herefords. 1 has a bcs 2 i'm sure the other a 3 easy. the way the guys place looked he had no way of working the cattle so i'm sure he has'nt wormed in a while. both cows are up in age 5-8 years old my best guess. they are heavy bred so should i wait untell the calve or go ahead...