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    Goats???

    I assume your running cattle also. If you do run cross fenceing and rotate the cattle and goats. Works real well for a worming program. Plus the goats will eat more of the weeds and brushing leaving more grass for the cattle. Goats and cattle work very well together. Goats do well with alot of...
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    Replacements, buy em or raise em???

    Sorry Caustic Burno, I was'nt asking about using grazon weed control I typo'd. I was saying I have more than 1 pasture and I grow more grass than what is beening grazed. What I want to know is if running 2 bulls crossing bull a w/ bull b's daughters would hurt the bottom line. I did see...
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    Replacements, buy em or raise em???

    Now w/ all thats been said. Do you put the kept back heifers w/ their sire or brother and do you have anthor bull for this setup. Why I ask is cause I have more than enough ground right now than I'm using,"grazon". I can have 2 herds. I have 2 bull calves right now that I can raise to use. I...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    I see where your at now. No i dont know why. These where old bred cows I bought. I just came up to a dead calf. The cows seemed fine. It was'nt 5 in a row either. Its was 5 stretched out over like 20 weeks. I would have a dead calf then like 6 would be born taken my mind away from it.
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    Replacements, buy em or raise em???

    makes sense to me.
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    I did'nt lose any at a week old. Yea I concider my lose high.
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    1st I did'nt say all 18 got weined. Just I sold the cows at weining. I call a 1 minute old female calf a heifer untell she drops a calf. Dude my calves never get over 6 months old before they are weined.
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    Replacements, buy em or raise em???

    Man its never boring learn about cattle. I understood the points on both sides of this fence. However I think Caustic Burno made the best case. An animal eating this years feed and grass needs to add to this year's income. If your not raising cattle for your main source of income then you can...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    Just like I never said a mountain lion killed my calves. Neither did I say coyotes killed a yearling heifer.
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    Kinda what I was thinking. When I said 1-11/2 year return. Thanks for you insight in both posts.
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    Please, please, please show me where I said a moutain lion killed my heifers. I trust my friends that are rangers and gamewardens. Then seen moutain lions. Next to God coming up to me and telling me he does'nt have any moutain lions in Alabama I'm going to leave it right there. I have...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    Aight so what do you suggest put him with the heifers this fall or next spring. The 15 animals I bought the past 2 days very close to age, size and body condiction. I would say the youngest is 5 months and the oldest 9 months. I can really throw the feed to them to build them up. If our weather...
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    Nutrition and muscle mass

    I did like this post. It helped me put things in order. I've been trying to figure out a calving cycle and pros and cons off differnt conception times. I was thinking that a spring conception times was going to be harder on me for the fact of feeding expecting moms in my areas worst weather...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    I called myself planning. I guess to your standards I did'nt plan at all. No you made no mistake about I'm always looking for help and answers. I'm sorry I missed where you began tring to help. This whole time I've had to defend myself to you. You've taken alot of what I said wrong. I took...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    Brother I think your taking me all wrong. I will try one more time. My bull was left year round with the heifers untell calves started showing up. Before then the bull and the heifers where just pasture mates, calves, whatever you want to call them. I had heifers that I knew that was...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    I've talked to gamewardens and rangers that say the BankHead and skyline has Mountainlions. A ranger came into where I work to buy some wheat, told us they had been trying to catch a momma lion and her cubs to take to the zoo in bham. Their problem was she kept moving. They could find her...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    The bull and heifers where raised together. They had never been separated untell calves started hitting the ground Last summer. On the arrival of the first calf I separated the bull. I put him back Week before thanksgiven. I guessed the heifers between 750# and 900# When they started getting...
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    Loans

    Around here when I was looking into a agri-loan they would only loan 85% of the appraisel. So I just went to my bank got a preapproval so I knew what kind of money I could spend plus it locked me into a interrest rate. I really think at this time the best thing would be to go to the bank with...
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    Is this a deal or a trap?

    I kinda like SRBeef's idea. Only thing is. The money comes out around .50-.65 cent .lb. If you go by weight guess and asking price. Once you spent time catching, loading, and hauling them I'm not to sure .20 cent .lb is going to be worth it. I dont know about all yall, but my wife knows of...
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    Building a herd in 1 day.

    You would be right. I'm not using 2 chargers on 1 fence but 2 chargers on 2 fences. This pasture's boundary is cut up. Instead of having just 4 boundry sides, it has 8. I use the solar on the long straight 3 sides. I use the ac on the short 4 sides cutting around the house and shop. 1 reason of...
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