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Update...I called the owner of a nearby sale barn, described what I had and he came out to take a look at them and bought them all on the spot, plus another 18 heavy-bred cows and 17 steers I had not planned on selling just now. This fellow runs several thousand head year-round and wanted them...

I have 40 cows with calves I would like to sell. The calves are all four to five months old and have had their shots. The bull calves are not castrated. All the cows have bred back. Should I sell them all as 3-in-1s or should I sell the calves separately and sell the cows as pregnant replacement...

I got her up this weekend and gave her penicillin and laid on the ivermectin pretty thick to try and minimize flies bothering her eye. As soon as I can get a picture sent away to a vet or vet school and hear back, I'll post and let y'all know what they say. I appreciate the feedback and suggestions.

What's throwing me is that the growth will get larger, rupture, shrink to the size of a BB and start all over again. That doesn't sound like the behavior of a malignant tumor to me, but I'm not a vet and I've never had another cow with this condition. There is nothing on the surface of her...

I have a three-year-old Charolais cow that's developed some sort of ever-changing cyst in her eye, right where the tear duct would be on a person. It will start out about the size of a BB, grow larger, erupt and expel green pus, shrink and start the cycle all over again. I've given her...

I've mentioned in other threads that my cows are pretty mellow. But there is one three-year-old brangus that's a little flighty...not a fence jumper, runner or fighter...just a bit nervous. She's fine as long as you stay on the 4-wheeler or gator or tractor, but step off and she steps back, but...

Below is a link to a video that shows a cow eating a baby chicken. Is this some sort of protein deficiency? I have geese that hatch out their goslings on my ponds each year, and something always seems to get the goslings. I was thinking coyotes, but maybe I have a herd of new suspects. The link...

My cows are a mostly mellow group. You can walk among them, run you hands down their backs, etc. However, the last few times I've set out hay (round bales) some of the cows have absolutely destroyed then before I can fetch the nearest hay ring. This morning, a couple of the cows must have pushed...

You're correct. When I inherited the ranch l last summer, my uncle had only 45 cows. About 3/4ths of the place was leased to other ranchers. Fortunately, those leases expired Jan. 1, and one of the first things I did last summer was notify the leaseholders that the leases would not be renewed...

1280, or two sections. 100 acre pastures, not 10 acres.

Looks like it's gonna be barbed wire. Can't afford oil pipe. When my uncle still had the place, he rented most of it out to three other ranchers, and they were responsible for fencing their sections. So now, I've got some sections with five strands of wire, some with four, some with wood posts...

Does anyone on the board use oil pipe for fencing instead of barbed wire? And if so, can you ballpark what it cost to build a perimeter fence around 1280 acres? I would also like to cross-fence into 10 equal pastures/grazing areas. I'm wondering if the one-time cost will be worth never having to...

I didn't know that about the salt/mineral blocks. When that time of year rolls around again, I'll definitely try something different for the minerals. Thanks for the heads up on that.

I took over the herd last summer and put out free choice mineral mix with Aureomycin and Altosid. Once fly season died down, I switched to traditional salt/mineral blocks and starting in late November I began putting out free choice 2/1 range meal. They've been wormed twice with Ivermectin...

I've mentioned in another post that I recently inherited 45 cows, 20 calves and one registered bull from my uncle. The bull stays with the herd year-round. However, this week I noticed the bull breeding two younger, smaller cows that had calves born last May. According to the records I have...

Thank you everyone for the input. The 10 calving periods I listed in my post are the first 10 calves born this "year." They started arriving on Christmas Day. In looking at the records, last "year" one was born in October, two in November, three in December, 15 in January, nine in February, five...

A few weeks back, I mentioned in another thread I had inherited 45 cows and a registered bull from my uncle. He kept meticulous birth and shot records, but I don't know the ages of the cows. Anyway, calves have started dropping and here's the interval period between when they had their current...

After they're properly weaned and castrated, I'd like to feed them until spring and then carry them on my pastures through the summer. Ideally, I'd like to sell them at 550-650 pounds.

Started construction on 25 pens yesterday behind the barn. Each pen is 10 x 12 with an elevated 4-foot section at the rear that is covered and walled on three sides. The elevated section sits 8 inches off the ground to keep water out. The pens are adjacent to a working area of the barn that has...

One issue I have a question about is hauling. The calves are about three hours away and I don't want to use an open cattle trailer this time of year because of the temp and the elements. I have access to a horse trailer. The seller says he can provide 15 or so every 60 days, so I'd like to come...