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The inital question from the previous thread was to define what is a "serious cattlemen". This is close enough. Excellent thoughts on this subject.

What exactly is are "serious cattlemen"? Is there a quantity of animals that one must own? Is there a certain amount of revenue one must have? A profit margin? I live in an area surrounded by huge cattle ranches. One of my neighbors has about 10,000 head of cows. Would he be a "serious...

If you are still looking for info on miniature cattle, I raise miniature herefords. Contact me if you want info.

Mike; The premiums on the herd insurance. Is that an annual premium? If so, that isn't as expensive as I thought it was. Where does one get this insurance? Thanks Greg

Forget the picture, welllll maybe not completely forget, but put it lower on the totem pole of your decision making. Any good advertisement is going to have a super photo. The advertisers are not idiots. They are going to have a photo that is going to be very complimentary of the the bull. If...

In my opinion the insurance is too expensive. I get my bulls collected before I turn them out. This way if they get injured and can't breed it is not a complete loss. This is my insurance. Bulls are expensive, but an essential part of all beef operations whether you are breeding for...

Know several breeders here that raise commerical cattle only. A bull that isn't worth more than $3,000 isn't allowed on their place. If you have a small herd of say less than 40 cows. Your bull is half your herd. Keep that in mind as you select bulls. JMO

Know several breeders here that raise commerical cattle only. A bull that isn't worth more than $3,000 isn't allowed on their place. If you have a small herd of say less than 40 cows. Your bull is half your herd. Keep that in mind as you select bulls. JMO

Good plan. I supplement all my bulls until they are a couple of years old. Nothing wrong with that. I like to see my a little on the fleshy side. JMO

He looks like he has been on some good spring pasture to me. Look at his backside. Looks just like mine do when they are eating spring clover. Can squirt a mile. Further it goes, the faster they gain. I don't know about the grain or not, but based on my observation of the pictures, I'd of...

There are a few things I'd like to change, but all in all, he'll make a good clean up bull. As I already stated, he is much better looking than many of the herd bulls shown on here.

You can tell what this bull is eating just by looking at these two pics. You're good. If I was going to guess, I'd say this bull is on grass now. Some nice green grass too.

I'd like to see some more pics of him, but from what I've seen thus far, your clean up bull is better than lots of herd bulls I've seen posted.

Guess I got a little off topic. Sorry about that.

Great looking cattle, great photography too. Some really great shots. Congrats

Crossed with what?

Dun has the ai tips for you. If your heifers are good and your heifer bull is good, half brother to half sister can work. Just cull the calves if they don't look good enough or perform well enough to be keepers.

What is the average miniature yearling's weight. I don't believe I've ever seen a published number on that. I'd like to though. Guess it would depend on the breed and just how miniature they were. I'm glad you wean calves bigger than yearling miniatures though. And if you are on track...

The video on this site of the bulls chasing chicks is pretty good too.

Things I like: Thick in the girth, thick in the flank, good topline, level from hooks to pins Can't tell much about legs in these pics. Things I'd like to change: More thickness in rump, carry down deeper. Clean up front end. Is the bottom half of his scrotum white? Those are my initial...