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I was looking at a semen directory, and a registered black angus was listed as a red carrier. I didn't know that red carriers could be registered with the AAA. So, let me see if I have this straight....a black angus with a red gene can be registered black or red, but if the offspring of 2...

The price spread from steers to heifers is running around 10-15 cents here right now. I sold most of my steers, but the heifers are going to stay. I need to keep a bunch of replacements, and I'm feeding out heifers that don't make the cut. The way feed prices are dropping it looks like I can...

Be careful using Anchor bulls on heifers. His epd's and the bw of the calves are fine, but they are wide calves and hard on heifers from my experience. Call the man you bought the bulls from and see what he thinks.

I've been composting for the last 10 years or so. I just dump some old hay or manure on the ground, add the cow, and cover them with about a foot of manure. I might have to come back with another scoop of manure if something starts digging them up, but that's usually not a problem if I cover...

I had almost the exact experience about 10 years ago. I was looking for a Brangus heifer and found her in the thorn bushes and cedars laying down to have her calf. As soon as she saw me she charged, and I slipped behind a small cedar. She went crashing through the thorns. I made a step away...

You might find out that there's a reason all the pens were located where they were. I know at my place I would wonder why gates were in certain locations, or why cross fences went one way and not another. After about 5 years of working cattle there it all made a lot more sense. I've made a...

I had been buying bulls from the same man for a few years, mostly in the $2500-$3500 range. I called him for another bull and he said he had what I needed for $1500. I was a little worried but I bought him SUS and he's turned out to be a very good bull. He is an OCC Anchor grandson. I wanted...

I had never looked at it that way, but you are right. I used to round up my brother and 2 friends to work cattle. With the brangus I had to learn to do nearly everything by myself. Just looking at a stranger would set them off.

I may be in the minority, but I don't like bulls developed on gain tests for the same reason. The best looking and one of the most expensive bulls I ever bought didn't look like the same animal after 90 days on fescue trying to breed just 15 heifers. The guy I bought him from said that I could...

I'm having my worst year that I can remember for large calves. A neighbor stopped by and started complaining about his big calves too. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the abnormal weather we've had over the last several months. Maybe the stockpiled fescue was a little different...

Thanks CattleAnnie I'll re-read that post every time I get tired of dealing with a little mud or cold. About your community pasture. How many acres and how many cattle are out there? What % of your calves are coming out of your bulls? Seems like you and the 2 or 3 others in your "section"...

We have a neighbor who is retired from a nice govt job. Very nice guy, very smart, but he had no business owning cattle. He thought one square bale per day was enough hay for his 15 cows. I don't think he ever figured out that another neighbor was going over when he wasn't home and throwing...

The gelbvieh calves seem to be really early maturing, at least the ones I've had. I was a little shocked to see some 4 and 5 month old heifers and bull calves riding each other around. I ended up with one getting bred and she calved at 15 months, and did ok. Now I castrate those bulls a...

It's interesting how everyone has a different way of handling things. We never know what we're going to get here as far as weather. I think it was in 96 we had a blizzard in the middle of March. After that year I pushed most of the calving back to April 1. I always try to save a stockpiled...

Around Christmas a guy in this area was killed by his bull. Apparently it had given him some trouble before so he took a gun out with him, but the bull was quicker to the draw I guess.

One guy told me that feeding bulls on a gain test was like a team putting their players on an all you can eat buffet. They won't be ready to perform, and some will never get into shape. He grained his bulls, but not for maximum gain, and they were always out in big pastures.

This is a rough time to start buying 400lb. calves. Tough to make a profit with feeder calves bringing these prices. I save a few calves every year to fatten up and sell to neighbors, friends and family. When figuring that I could have sold the calves for $1.30, I made a few $ on the ones I...

I used to give open cows a second chance, but not anymore. I've noticed that the cows that are late breeders and open are usually the same ones that come up open again within a couple of years. And when I really started looking at things I saw that a lot of the time daughters that I saved from...

It didn't work too well for these guys. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 92_pf.html In my opinion you'd both have to want a new fence, agree on what type, share either the labor or cost or both, and unless you are really good friends, one of you will still feel like you got ripped...

I had a group of 15 heifers preg checked last week. This was the first time the practice sent this particular vet out to me. She called one of the first heifers in the chute open. I made a comment about being surprised, since I had seen the bull breed her early and never saw heat again. She...