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You guys (and gals :p ) can do what you want, but Alexa™ is nothing more than bundled spyware. If you eat too many "cookies", it can be FATtening. Just my 2 copper

I have 3 man-made stock tanks on my place, but also I have the big galzanized(sp) Tank for them in the pen with one of those cheezy heater things for winter. Its a redneck hot tub :) It dont freeze enough to walk on water here, so I cant help ya there.

How is that calf doing now?

I spewed Diet Coke™ on my monitor when I saw this topic. The reason is... This weekend I went to do a "Quckie check" on the cows wearing my short pants and tennie boppers. Bad move there Maverick :mad: Now my ankles are circled in chigger bites. :roll: I put fingernail polish on them, but...

If I had trees like the one in the pic above, I'll tell ya how I would remedy it.... Move where they dont have those :) Seriously, I have been clearing mesquites off an unused part of my land for the past 4 years. I just jerk them out with the tractor and spray diesel fuel on any roots that...

When we bought our place 10 years ago it was covered in sandstone rocks. While clearing it with a truck, trailer, 1 sore back and 30 pairs of leather gloves... I hung a 6 foot long magnetic strip from the front bumper about 2 inches off the ground. It picked up a lot of "Bits N Pieces" of...

Congratulations! Thats a cute calf :) I cant wait till I have my first too. I just know I'm gonna be a nervous wreck when it gets close to time :)

In my neck of the woods its about 1 cow per 2 acres. But most of my chunk of Heaven is covered with Coastal Bermuda so i'm gonna try for 1.25 cows per 2 acres. (soon as I figure out the .25 part)

Welcome :) Now Im not the "N00b" any more :) Lots of great folks here and more helpful information than you can shake a stick at 8)

We got over 2" over the weekend :) FINALLY! It was so bad if you dropped a wrench working on your tractor and it fell in a suncrack it was a goner :) Actually soaked enough to get some runoff in the tanks :) Downside: I had to help the wife to "Spring Cleaning®" for 3 days :mad:

I agree with a lot of the others too :) I shake a feed sack and here they come. Then close the gate. I do have a rope on the gunrack in my Pickup... but its for show :cboy:

Thanks for the replys :) I like Jt's last line "I just do what ever it takes" thats kinda the way I look at things most times. And Sid, I like the horns and do plan on traning them down. To me, Herefords look "Funky" without horns :) I dont want no funky cows ! PS: No... not Tarleton.. I...

Mine are only 9 month old Herefords, and the horns are only about 8 inches long (each) but there is a lot of cow in the middle :) So, do you just run them in with the doors closed, and squeeze them? or open the door once they are in and let them poke thier head out?

Not trying to highjack the thread, but I have to ask. How do you know how long to leave the iron on them? I asked the "Old timers" and all I get is.. "yo'll know" or "It depends". Now remember im a newbie, and its my job to ask stupid questions :P but I aint skeered to try almost anything...

Susie, Dont feel like the Lone Ranger :) I just got my squeeze chute a week ago and still have yet to use it. I too had similar concerns about setting the width for the auto catch headgate. I had nightmares of having to take a chainsaw to get a cow out :shock: My herd (both cows :) ) have...

An "Old Timers" trick is put crushed walnut husks in a toesack. Tie a brick to it and sink it in the stock tank (pond). Be careful not to use too much because it also take the oxygen out of the water, and it will kill your catfish. Our small tanks (approx 200'diameter) we used 1/4 of a sack of...

My first 2 Hereford cows: Mary Lou (after my first ex-mother-in-law) Barbara Anne (After my sister-in-law) I think the therapy is starting to work now, so my next cows might have a little less passive aggressive names :P For real, they are #DW001-ml and #DW002-ba just to have a "Part...

Great info for newbies....like ME! :) Thanks!

Thanks for the info y'all :) I ended buying a Powder River XL, and my neighbor thats an "Old school" rancher and loves nothing more than a chance to poke fun at the "greenhorn" (that would be me :p ) came over with his big John Deere and unloaded the chute, and helped me set it in place and...

First off, Im the biggest newbie in the whole of Palo Pinto County so laugh if you will, but im willing to learn anything :) I'm looking at buying a Powder River Value I™ squeeze chute. It say its headgate is "Auto catching". How does it "catch" them? Do you need someone at the chute controls...