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  1. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Why yes, I do look at codes and formulas. In order for me to make a program I have to know how to put formulas and equations together to correlate. And one has to know what is where if things are questionable Simply asking a question on the accuracy weight and EPD’s, which you saying can’t go...
  2. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Oh that’s rich. That programed into peoples head what to tell others who want to dig deep rather than except what they have been given? Is this kind of like Dumbing of America? I got the same response from the AAA. Computer didn’t just get this equation from the hard drive by itself, humans...
  3. cattle_gal

    heifers

    Yikes cycle twice in one month :shock: . Keep the bull in 45 days at least. You also could plan to synchronize the hfrs if you want them really close. Hfrs should breed up good in that time period when they are healthy and upper middle fleshed and of breeding age. If they don’t breed up they...
  4. cattle_gal

    Cruelty

    Yeah I would have no trouble reporting or opening up the gate letting them go to a pasture anywhere. However depending on states can and will they do anything.
  5. cattle_gal

    Bonjour une et all!

    Nein. Obwohl meine Großmutter beinahe französisch ist.
  6. cattle_gal

    Shoe-String Budgets and Drag-n-carry Gates

    Lets see there's the 40 year old baling wire and the poly twine mostly now in lovely orange on some gates. Lots and lots of wire gates. Interesting on the name of the wire gate down there- gap. Panel gates aren't worth anything in snow so they are left for the corals/working areas and areas...
  7. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Thank God ;-) Much agree. I've seen the worst calves out of the "best" bulls. Someone sure had enough cattle bred to that bull to off set the data from the rest of the other herds who had calves out of him. the younger they are the higher there numbers will be for the weight and...
  8. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Correct EPD’s are far from exact. They are a theory. With Angus In ‘77 they probably were 0, I think now they are 70-77 points/lbs up. Like I said before I’ve seen lower EPD cattle do better than higher EPD cattle. The theory failed. But by god a producer can say they’ve got a high WW EPD...
  9. cattle_gal

    Corriente Cattle

    Typically no they don't do well. However I managed 25 pairs one summer that some originated from Canada. They eat plants that regular beef cattle won't eat. As far as wintering Corri's with beef cattle the horns play a major advantage to the Corri's. Feeding together can be a pain. the...
  10. cattle_gal

    Weather

    Well up here in God's Country, where I'm closest to the skies of heaven from you all ;-) , we had minus 7 this morning and snow for the past couple of days. Don't know how much, the wind is doing a good job of making me guess.
  11. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Many associations have asked the BIF to make an across breeds formula. For years. This gets talked about at breed association meetings. I've also asked the BIF why and why not. But the AAA is the one not wanting to do so. I've even asked the AAA how they come up with the formulation. They...
  12. cattle_gal

    castrating vs. delayed

    For me it's knife cut at 2-3 months of age at branding versus banding at 5-6 months of age 1 1/2 months before shipping to feedlot. Banding there's greater weight and no lose of gain because of pain from cutting. And no bleeding and death loss as could occur with knife cutting. More...
  13. cattle_gal

    Huh? Comments, please

    Yes and Yes. Alot of breeds want to have the EPD number mean the same across the board for no matter what breed. If we take a Angus bull that is say 80 YW and we take another breed that is a 70 YW. Breeders want to know how to correlate who is better. But if other breeds don't know what the...
  14. cattle_gal

    End Of Comment

    This is the one that I think of often. "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." Gen George Patton
  15. cattle_gal

    electrode selection

    We do too on most of it :)
  16. cattle_gal

    Problem during winter (Hereford vs. Angus)!

    Sorry Ellie won't be able to take your poll. We calve in the winter(Feb,Mar, little into April) each time. Some breeds work well in places, some not as will in other places. Some work well everywhere. Some have more birth (get up and go) vigor than others. Some breeds are high birth and...
  17. cattle_gal

    Big cow, small calves!

    Yikes Ellie looks like your cow isn't a mom cow at all. She's a small to medium size cow if she only wieghs 900-1100 lbs. How tall is she? If you've done all the precautionary things like worming and the calf and cow are poor or dead then she's got no milk and/or she just got bad genes even...
  18. cattle_gal

    electrode selection

    Use 6011, 6013 and 7018's. Don't care for the 6010. For overhead try the 7020. For me I've gotten good beads, and nice spot welds from the 6013. Use others but don't know what kind they were. Just picked them out of the bin and tried it. Experimenting can't hurt. The one's I don't like go...
  19. cattle_gal

    Bangs

    I was under the impression that it was, looked it up to make sure what was who and where. Amendment from March 2004: http://www.discoveringmontana.com/liv/a ... llosis.htm I think the b-free states cattle can travel through,but if they remain in MT they had to be tested prior to importing...
  20. cattle_gal

    Bangs

    There was only a few herds in the US with Brucellosis until recently when the buffalo came out of the park and spread it to the cattle herds - again. If you live in a state near Yellowstone Park you should especially Bangs vac. Heifers have to be done between the age of 4 and 12 months - no...
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