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How not to use the cattle chute. Last night I ran a little bull into the chute to castrate. One side of the automatic head gate did not close all of the way. The calf got through until he hip locked. I was able to latch the other side without too much stress on the calf for the short time I...

I have been spending way to much time being a budding beef producer. This weekend I am becoming a consumer. An eleven pound untrimmed brisket was dry rubbed this morning with chilie powder, onion powder, garlic poweder, cumin, cinamon, cayanne pebber and black pepper and is lounging in the...

I talked to a customer in Texas yesterday afternoon by telephone. She said that due to the drought there is a burn ban that even prohibits the use of an outside grill in her area. She also said that some lakes and reservoirs are being shut down to boats due to low water levels. This is not...

Bill of lumber and materials--$590, delivered Metal Roof & end wraps--$135, delivered Smashed Little Finger & Tetnus Shot, $50 co-pay at ER so far. Ribbing in community & work, priceless. :) The shelter looks nice. My finger looks like sausage in gause. At least now I can type three keys at...

I want to make a weed wiper using 2-3" x 10' PVC pipe and a canvas sleave. Does anyone have any ideas on the optimum size weep holes to drill and how close to space them? I will use a ball valve to control the air somewhat. Thank you.

This thought was inspired by a post about buying children's clothes for school. When we were kids, we did not live in a large new house like some of the kid's familes. We didn't have new cars and trucks and toy's like some of the kid's families. But we sure had a pile of new clothes to start...

While watching the cows last night for heat, I observed that a couple of cows kept trying to mount a cow that is due to calf soon. Because of her size and also because she was preg-checked early on by the vet, I am reasonably sure she is bred. However, the mounting attempts made me question. Do...

We started with a bred cow and 3 bred heifers three years ago. This year, since April 11, three of these four have given us heifers weighing 92 lbs., 85 lbs. and 80 lbs. Who wants to guess what gender(notice I didn't say sex) the next one will be be and what it will weigh? The last of this...

What are some general guidlines for stocking semen in your operation? Do you keep everything indefinitly? Do you order just what you think you will use for the season? What do you like to hold onto that you don't use, but that you just can't toss out? Thanks, Bret

I use my homemade cattle chute as a creep feeder entrance to feed the heifers that I keep. I nail a board over the end just so the hair on their tailbone touches. It takes a couple of days to train them to it. One of last year's heifers that took the longest to train will almost belly crawl to...