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I had this same scenario, didn’t work so well. He took a long time to get accustomed to the herd and still stayed off to the side a lot. Didn’t grow very well at all just grazing either. I penned him up in the barn when I started feeding hay regular this winter because I knew he would get...

There is or at least was a place around here doing that, but rumor is they aren’t doing so good I guess. You use their bulls and they guarantee to buy your feeders. There were some other stipulations also, no implants, dewormer or antibiotics. SubQ injections and other basic BQA type stuff...

Yeah I threw in another scoop before I left for the night and they came right up to it. Maybe they just needed to settle in for a few days too.

Well of course they made a liar out of me and had it cleaned up when I went in today. Maybe they are normal after all lol.

Not really concerned about it but found it strange... Our cows only get a little grain on occasion, mostly just when we need to get them in. Pretty much a closed herd, just about everything at this point was born and raised here. I supplement hay with grain when growing heifers, so they all...

I'd wait too. No reason a good cow can't take her to 7-8 months before weaning. Then the steer will be 5-6 months and you can wean them together. And you won't have to buy as much feed. Although to keep the cows in milk that long you may need to supplement them some depending on grass...

Tailing works great if you have help. If you're helper isn't worried they are going to break the tail then they aren't holding it up hard enough. I also agree with staying close. If you aren't up against them to where they know you are there then you're better off making sure you are out of...

We have the headgate only and I like it a lot. Would love to find a nice used squeeze to mate it to but I doubt I find one of them without another gate already. I read that Priefert will recondition them for a modest fee? Might have to go that route and just buy a new chute without the gate...

If there was a 'best way' to make money in cattle, everybody would be doing that. In fact if making money period in cattle were easy, everybody would be doing it. Not trying to be a smarta$$ but I don't see how anybody can honestly answer your question. Too many variables for one, what kind...

Electrolytes. TSC should have that too.

I took over my grandfathers herd last year and have had to sort out a lot of stuff so things have not been quite the way I'd like them to be to say the least. I wasn't as involved this time last year as I should have been but was playing catch up on fixing fence, getting pastures in better...

How many are you planning on feeding? I'm not well versed in these things at all so I'm probably not much help but it seems the only way to make that sort of thing work is volume, and that takes the inputs to another level, at least to be efficient.

I had to do that this year too. Bummer is his twin is a sister. Girlfriend and daughter have already named him, I think I'm in trouble. At least I let him ride up front though...

I use the tractor tires chained together as well. I think it really helps, I usually don't get time to do as much as I'd like. Same goes for mowing too. I've got plans to try dragging the tires behind the mower this year, two birds with one tank of fuel...

If you already don't like the thiefs mother I'd send them packing as a pair. You would have enough to get a nicer replacement if needed. Sounds like mom isn't milking too well so separating them both or weaning early is going to hold the calf back either way. And letting them go is just going...

Squeeze chute is on my wishlist... still working with an old wooden alley and chute that's way older than me and due to be replaced in the next year or two. But it has a Preifert 91 head gate on the front of it that is awesome. It will definitely be getting a Preifert squeeze behind it when...

I'm right on the MD PA line. I keep hearing talk about a snowy winter here as well... Which is fine by me since I do a lot of snow removal in my contracting business, doesn't make tending to cattle very pleasant though. We had the record breaker blizzard last year and I have a feeling we are...

Well I can agree with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Fence is what's broken though! Lol. I guess I shouldn't try to take the easy way out and pen the bull... Just need to find time to build some more fences and probably install a better setup for water. Winter is gonna sneak right up...

In the past we've kept replacement heifers in their own lot until ready to breed, giving hay and supplementing with a little grain to help them grow. I'm not too sure the grain was really all that helpful or necessary especially with decent hay. The Bull or Bulls usually gets wintered with the...