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Did depends if you live in "open range". Open range means you have to "fence out" the cows if you don't want them on your property. "Close range" means the Ranchers have to "fence in" their cows.

I have seen this before. Their eyes will change to brown over time.

Will work for food..... Oops! I mean.... will trade cows for rain! CB you send me a load of rain, I will send you a load of broken mouth cows! (evil grin) :lol:

:D 1000 rolls.......... (evil grin) In Texas that's a hobby ranch! ;-) :cowboy:

Amen Brother! We talk about economics, but what about way of life? What's the saying..... "All hat no cattle".... No thanks!

The Bull is not mis-behaving.... you are. Don't treat Bulls like pets.

Another thing I hate is when the cows lick my truck......... always gives me a case of red a@@! :stop: :stop: :stop: :D

How do full size cows drop flop in the middle of a hay ring? This drives me crazy! :mad: God help the cow I catch dropping flop in the water trough! :stop: I will catch her one of these days! :mad: Sorry for the rant, sometimes the girls test my patience!

You still have the following: Fuel Land cost Taxes Up Keep/repairs equipment I don't factor in labor. Everybody knows cowboys work for free.

warrington I buy steel tubing and pipe at Norton metals in Ft. Worth. I buy "drive on end caps" at Wagner Companies. I drive the cap on then tack weld it. http://www.nortonmetals.com/home.asp http://www.wagnercompanies.com/post_caps.aspx

Algae is protein! My cows are lucky to drink swamp water! :D Just think of it as liquid minerals! Now if I could get water algae into "cube form" I could get rich selling it to horse people! :P

I betting on $90 round bales in Dec! This year if the price for hay goes to $90 to $100 a bale I will be selling all my cows and all my hay. It's a sad day when you can sell your hay and make more money than keeping it and feeding to your cows.

I gave a shot of LA200 to a calf last year, it took 6 months for the "knot" to go away.

All three look good! I would have guessed one would have been a low weight runt. I would take cows like that... if I had young kids I could make bottle feed the calves! ;-)

(We have a rancher in the area that lets his heifers (Brangus) get to 24 months before breeding.) Wow that's expensive! I already have a case of red-@ss over having to wait 24months to get a calf on the ground. Waiting 33 months! No way!

I go 14 seconds max with nitrogen. Dry ice alittle longer. Brass freeze irons work best.

The best strategy to maintain cash flow and ROG is the pick off 3n1cows with a heifer calf on her side that "could be" a replacement heifer or a extra pay check to "pay the way" of another replacement. I always get my best deals with 3n1 cows.

A ranch is run on cash flow. CB is right. Cow makes replacement heifer = 2 years NO $$$$ from either animal. Now take two production Cows for two years = 4 calves. 4 calves = $$$ It's simple ROG! (return on grass) Cow/heifer - Fed 2 animals for two years - no return on grass! Cow/Cow -...

Must not be cattle, ranchers like the smell of cow flop. Matter of fact my better half makes fun of me for walking around and staring at the cow flop! The smell and look of cow flop can tell ya alot about herd health.

With an ax handle you can drop a hard blow on the bulls head to stun him, all you need is the extra 3 steps to run, or dive over the fence. Treat every Bull like he will hurt you..... then will never put yourself in danger. I like calm Bulls that stand and slobber at a distance. But every...