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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/ ... rrals2.jpg Ok there is the link to the updated plans. I had to move all the plans up 10'. I couldn't make the chute longer than 15' to 20' b/c of the concrete. Since I didn't have to worry with the concrete anymore, I changed the plans a little more...

Does anyone know where I can get a list of feedlots across the country? Josh

I will rebuilding the area where we work our cows this spring and I have drawn a layout in microsoft visio that I think will work pretty good. We currently have a little more than 60 head so the layout I have come up with should handle them all. Can someone tell me a place where I can post a pic...

Do any of you breed bucking bulls here? I am seriously thinking about getting into the business alongside our cow/calf operation. Josh

I am taking 2 mules out to Arizona for a friend of mine and I need somewhere to stop on the way. Is there anyone who can let me take the mules out of the trailer for a few hours somewhere near I-40 on the way to Arizona? Thanks, Josh

I have a calf that was borning early this morning. It was really cold and wasn't getting up eating so I brought it home, dried it off, and feed it a bottle of colostrum. Now it's mother won't take it. She walks around looking for her calf but doesn't recognize this as hers. I guess I took it...

We just got quite a bit more land to put some cows on. (free and some of the most fertile ground I might add) I am thinking of buying some steers to keep until about 700 - 800 lbs but don't know alot about that end of the operation. Can ya'll help me out a little? Any links that I can read up...

Are you guys having problems with your pastures turning to big mud holes with all this wet weather? We are putting our hay bales in the same spot over and over trying to keep from turning our whole place into a mudhole. We tried moving them and over 1 night the new places were mudholes too...

Don't you love it when your first time calvers decide to start having their calf right at dark on the day when the temp is suppose to hit those single digits and snow is suppose to come? I have 20 brangus heifers that should be having their calves from mid nov. through feb. My first had hers...

How many breeding bulls do ya'll run with your cows? I have heard one bull can service up to 125 cows. Then I had a vet tell me 1 bull for every 20 cows. We have one bull for about 40 cows. Josh

Have any of you seen the add in the fastline farm equipment magazine for Genetic Seed And Chemical. It says their rye grass produced 11.5 round bales per acre on 45 acres and in another 17 acres produced 156 5x6 round bales. Also they claim they are running 200 head on under 53 acres. Seems like...

I have 2 cows that have lost weight pretty drastically. They seemed ok and after having calves their ribs and hip bones started showing pretty bad and they had bad diareha. I also had another cow that died about a week ago with these same symptoms but when she walked it sounded like her stomach...

I was wondering if any of you feed your cows cotton trash. I have had many people here tell me it is pretty good for the cows and will help hold their weight over the winter. By the way, cotton trash is everytihg left over after the gin processes the cotton. No seed but hulls, cotton and...

What time of year do you guys vaccinate and worm? How often? Also what vaccinations do you give? Josh

I was wondering if any of you know where to get the BEEF license plates to go on the front of a truck. I have seen the black, beef its what's for dinner but I want the red and white one that just says BEEF really big. Josh

I am will be getting about 35 cows this summer to start a feeder operation (I guess that is what is it called). I will buy cows and sell their calves. Anyway, my dad had done it for about 9 years now but he does not have set calving seasons. He just has calves all year long. Which here the...