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    How would you describe the herds?

    Big difference when you have 25 on 45 acres than 200 on 1000 acres. More interaction I think with the 25/45.
  2. M

    How would you describe the herds?

    When I went from 1 to 25 it didn't feel like that much different with the exception of a hiefer I put up to make sure she is ready to breed well and a kid has a steer I help him with for a 4H project inside as well. I rotate 2 pastures 3 days in a row then off for 3 then back for 3 etc. If my...
  3. M

    How would you describe the herds?

    Siz....If I brought that many head onto the property there would no longer be an "us" she would call me crazy...stupid... and good bye> Thats a lot of critters for 2 people.
  4. M

    How would you describe the herds?

    Maybe we should have a gead count of "roos" mate as well. I will start I have 0
  5. M

    How would you describe the herds?

    Just for the heck of it what numbers of cattle would you say are small (my answer under 20), medium (My answer 20-30) ,medium large (my answer 30-50), large (my answer 50-80) and the big one would be 80 +. Just want to see the perspective of others. I told someone I had a small herd 25 and they...
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    Kentucky Farming Feeding Question

    Have a limited number of nagga hide hunts available. You must book and be successful on 2 to have enough nagga to make nagga hide sofa so hurry now don't get shut out. Great deal beats all competition around here
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    Show Steer Bulls What Happens to them?

    I went on a snipe hunt in Tx, that was some fun.It was funny I got the same amount of snipe that I did nagga's. Be making that nagga hide sofa soon.
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    Feeding

    The steer will compete in the "others or crosbred". He is maybe 75% black angus he is all black except small patch on gut. We decided on the mix from the local mill sells with 29% protien and is what most are using around here. Can anyone help our boy from Tenn with the correct usage of...
  9. M

    Critique me!

    Looks great to me and the cattle aren't bad either
  10. M

    Feeding

    My grandson is doing a 4 H steer. We just weaned and have taken his steer and a special heifer into the barn. He was told that he should feed hay and either te pellets 14% protien or 18% oat mix. I thought I read somewhere that the rumen produces enymes for one or the other but not both. I...
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    Question on replacement heifer purchase

    Good move hanging onto your feeders. We took a bath and the owners said we got most of the highest prices. I figure right now I am buyer not seller and not pay anything close to some of the posts here.
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    Question on replacement heifer purchase

    Don't listen to these people tlling you to py higher than sle barn. I wonder if they offer 20% over sticker price wwhen they buy a car. I just went to market and if someone would have offered me 20% less for any of them except 1 bull I would be spending that $$$$$ right now. I got guy 2 miles...
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    Question on replacement heifer purchase

    Going to the sale barn is a pain and makes the livestock lose a lot of weight from the stress of rounding them up. puttig on truck, the truck ride and the time in the pens then of course the ring tome. I had weighed a spring bull since I was trying to decide to keep (he was super just went...
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    Question on replacement heifer purchase

    This is exactly why I wrote on another forum that the advice is for high dollar breeders. We went to sale Tue and I know the owner she aid we got the best money not suprised though from what else came in. Oh yea those replacement heifers, the most I have paid is 700. The market was way off so...
  15. M

    Angus is best just cause

    Had to take a trip and stopped in a butcher shop looked like they were butchering a PETA so I stopped. They had tenderloins for the angus it was 50 but the Herford was 85 almost exact weight.
  16. M

    Angus is best just cause

    Make mine a herford please! Don't tell anyone that all my stock are angus
  17. M

    Will he make a bull?

    Doc, Thanks for the response. I completely understand what your saying. In a nut shell I just sold a bull that the only thiing the farmer could tell me was his sire was probally at McDonalds and his dam is in the pasture (I know own her). No epds or sos or anything other than he looked right and...
  18. M

    Will he make a bull?

    I like him. I want to make a small point here let me get my flame retarded suit on firts!! These boards I would estimate that for every person who has been doing this for years and full of answers there are 500 guys/gals that are running 10-25 head in their 50 acres. Seems like sometimes the...
  19. M

    age of fertility?

    Thanks. I just took a heifer in trade and I know there was bull with it for a couple months. She is about 500 pounds and in excellent health but I hope it didn't happen. Never saw any interest in the heifers actually I was more concerned about my 6 month old bull layiing his head on the cows
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    age of fertility?

    If the he did cover her will the heifer be able to have the calf or will she be too small to deliver?
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