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Define grain bin? If you’re in the Midwest a grain bin is 3,000 to 400,000 bu to hold dry shell corn, soybeans, or wheat. Or are you talking about a bulk bin that holds several tons of feed and has a cone bottom? Bulk bins should be anchored to a concrete pad. I have one that is lagged to rail...

Yes, but you've still got to get in with them. I agree 6 head should be easy. Follow a bucket anywhere kinda cattle. But livestock experience is everything. You or I can probably work cattle with wire panels and baling wire and get away with it. While others need extra safe set ups to make it...

Once they’re in there they aren’t getting out. The vet I used to work for was crowding a 6wt hfr with a gate to load her in the alley. The hfr decided to stick her head under the gate and lifted it off the hinges. She flipped the gate and the vet. Broke some vertebrae in his neck. He now has a...

$800 is less than most people’s health insurance deductible. We all know how fast an okay situation can turn into a really bad emergency.

I like cattle that will move. But 90% of the sorting I do is with a cut gate in an alley. I hate cattle that run by sideways heads down, tail up, blowing snot as they pass. Typically naturally flighty cattle tend to be harder doin when they hit the feed lot. Cattle that run to the back of the...

I’ve got a couple for when the college students come out. But I drilled a small hole in them and poured the rattle out. They don’t work to bad now.

I haven’t ever liked a flag but I have tied a couple grocery bags to the popper on my stock whip. ( splitting hairs I know 🤣) It worked good for moving calves for lot or lot. I usually prefer just a plain white 1/2” fiberglass stick with a golf club grip. Not to heavy but enough to get their...

Hot Shots stay next to the alley. If I carry it away I always seem to break the shaft over a cow’s nose. They aren’t nearly as tough as the 5/8” sorting sticks we carry.😅

Just because of where my pastures are in comparison to my wintering spot and the farm with the good facilities my cows get loaded/hauled/worked 3-4 times a year. They know when I say load it’s time to get on. It’s easy.

Working at the sale barn I didn’t see it all, but it was close. I could tell you story after story about people who got to take ambulance rides or helicopter rides from working cattle in facilities that were designed to just get by. My kids and retired dad enjoy helping me. I don’t have fancy...

Interesting! I usually try to wean by the sign of the moon. I’ve heard about Casterating and butchering by the sign of the moon but no one has ever explained why.

Bottle calves seem to be even more susceptible to health problems. There are lots of good threads on here about when and how to vaccinate them. If you’re concerned about them then it’s time to ask whoever is in charge of making decisions about them ; Whether they have been vaccinated or not...

This roller coaster weather has been great for respiratory problems. Do you have a way to take their temperature? Sounds like it’s time to call your vet and get an antibiotic. Have they been vaccinated for BVD, IBR, PI3, BRSV, and Pasturella?

Oh it’s not cheap but I literally don’t have time. In my situation it’s a good expense. Not only does she do my tax work she also does my balance sheet and other stuff my bank requires. When I get ready to talk to my banker about operating money my accountant e-mails my information to them. In...

I gave up and hired an accountant this year. She does all the numbers and reports, leaving me to do what I do best. Working with cows. I figure money well spent.

Are you looking for a job or looking to hire? Try local word of mouth. The local sale barn manager or the feed mill manager would probably be able to point you in the direction of someone who is hiring.

The packers set the floor at every bred cow sale. I’d sell them now. The market is fairly decent.

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I’m a pretty firm believer in raising your own replacements. Not because they’re the best. I could buy a lot of cows better than mine. But it’s the little things that no one has mentioned that add up to big things. My home raised hfrs already know what silage is. There are a lot of producers...

I order 4 new pairs of jeans directly from Wrangler once a year. They always have my size in stock and they come right to me. I have just the opposite problem as you. Very few stores around here stock a 36” inseam.