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My old Lacy dog will chase buzzards off and wait around the cows for them to return. Ive seen him leap over baby calves to get the buzzards in the air. One time i saw easily 75 birds in the pasture and a coyote. I just knew that momma had lost the calf but when we approached my dog ran the...

Click here - lots of good ideas. https://www.cattletoday.com/threads/chute-side-setup.128528/

Huh. Look at that. I think I'll go do some more research as to open range versus fence in / out laws. Thank you.

No, Texas is not an open range state. It varies by county. Go read the law.

Yes, but the cow's owners are responsible to damage they do to your property. Call the county sheriff and if you see the cows in the road or in danger of entering a public roadway, call 911. Trust me, they will take action. This is not correct, Greybeard. In Texas the laws vary by county...

Liability is already covered under liability, so this is property loss. And, they only insure up to $2500 for single animal value. Yes, I think it is really high and I think I'll pass on it, especially considering the level of risk of theft or death loss.

But does $6.31 / $100 value sound right? Too high?

Thank you for the replies. My agent said it is one policy that covers theft and death loss. It's $6.31 / $100 of value. Does that sound right? Part of me thinks theft risk is very low because I'm surrounded by other ranches but part of me thinks someone may still come. I follow all of the...

I was reviewing my farm and ranch policy and asking for comparisons from a few different companies to make sure I had the best policy for my operations. Several companies included a theft and death loss rider for my herd. I seem to always think about it at this time of the year - springtime in...

There is a cowboy in our area that is well known for his abilities to gather wild cattle. He is in his late 50's early 60's and will most likely be horseback until the Lord calls him home. He uses coon hounds to find and gather cattle.

I didn't know how or where to cross fence mine, either so I started with just splitting it in half, made sure water was available on both halves. Then I split each of those in half, and then one of those halves in half. I use the step in hot wire posts from Gallagher, which surprised me how...

Your vet says 50% success rate?? Keep away from that vet! I know of a medium sized Hereford operation that for more than 10 years never owned a bull and AI'd everything because they wanted to improve their herd as quickly as possible. One big thing I know - don't move the females around...

Ask your market buyers what they want. If you are selling to the local sale barn, call them and ask them what cross they recommend. If you are selling replacements, look at what people are buying. If you are selling to the 4H / FFA kids, ask the extension agent what they need. Some areas, at...

I'm in central Texas and our last calf was born 2 weeks ago. I put out hay in the only wind break in the lot on Saturday. I checked on them yesterday. A 3 week old calf was fine, shivering a little but had some ice on her back. The youngest was laid up in the hay but I didn't see any ice on...

The more I think about this, the more I like the idea of hanging a gate across the ditch. When it dries up I will do that.

Yes Sir, I would like to do weld to the green corner but it's not possible. That ditch is the bull hole that we are back filling with soil. Yes it will be a lot of soil but it won't fill or erode. It just from the bulls fighting over time. We put a hot wire up that stopped that.

A few weeks ago we cleared a fence line and started building a new fence. I hired a young man to help set the posts and I ran the wire by myself. I set my end braces with single Hs and they are 290 yards (870 feet) apart. All H brace posts are RR cross ties or telephone poles placed 4 feet in...

At the end of spring, I pull the tops off and let the cows lick it clean, but that's it.

Back to the original topic - I've been fenceline weaning for years. I've found, net wire or barb wire lined with no climb is the best route - or hot wire. Calves will reach through the fence while momma stands along side so he can nurse. A few years ago I saw an ad for Quite Wean plates...

I finally went to a new vet for palpation. My former vet was consistently 3-4 months off. I even brought a cow in to trim her foot, the vet paplated and said the cow was due any day and could not turn her on the squeeze. I made her tie up the foot and trim it. She acted like that was a novel...