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How rough is it getting a dairy cow to put calves on vs bottle feeding? Id imagine its probably all up to the cow and how receptive she is taking calves on?

Wouldnt cocci have blood in the stool?

Hmm. Well that sounds interesting... new one to me. We always just let out chicken out around the house and they go where they go haha

I got chickens but that would be a PITA to move birds around like that. Guineas do better job of catching bugs, but chickens try hard for them too. Chicken predators seems like they would have a hay day

45 minutes east of san antonio. Im starting off small. I want the grass to last a while and not over graze it. More grass, less hay/feed bill..

Where is the money in steers if they are 600 lbs when bought? Maybe my area market report helps to give advice where to start!

If its a bad summer i wont have a ton of green grass, but will still have some..

I was on this board a year and a half or so ago, reading and asking questions... cattle prices were high, and i got married and built a house in the mean time.. So now im looking back into it... prices seem lower now. So thats better for me. I have 200 acres, lots of grass, all grown up...

I appreciate the input. Im thinking i may go both routes, buy bred cows, then buy weened heifer calves to grow out. Try to buy them 175-300 lbs and sell em around 800lbs... For those wondering, i have chutes and corals already in place. My grandparents all raised cattle, so i grew up on it...

Good info. I see what yall are saying... faster you get "free calves dropping" ( not buying calves) the better return on the money..

Ive though about getting into cows for several years, but wasnt quite in the right spot to do it. Our lives have changed a little for the better, and prices have gone down some so im considering getting into cattle again.. I have 4 acres next my house that im going to fence in. Then i have...

Big Cheese, that calf SCREAMS Longhorn. The head shape, body shape, color, and all. If anyone has looked at a longhorn long enough to understand the body structure you can see that its a dead give away. It doesnt have the body structure as a meat cow

hopefully... im just saving money right now and looking around to locate places to buy good cattle. That way i know where to go whn i buy a pair or such every few months... im still pondering on buying pairs though because i can keep the cow, sale the calf, and use that to help pay for...

Weeding through all the "bs" and researching on my own, reading, watching the market reports and everything else ive been doing im fairly sure im going to start with the brangus and hereford breeds... Im thinking both breeds for some cows, then a hereford bull... that way i can get baldies...

thank you.

They only thing i got agaisnt longhorns is the horns... they dont work well in the corral and chutes... its possible ive done it, but they aint near as easy in chutes. I havent seen prices on linghorns yet either... i dont know what they bring. Ill have to look at em more as an option.. Im...

yeah.. i have someone i know thats in the cattle business making some phone calls for me today to see what he can find with other people he knows... they are all pretty knowledgble and work a lot with youth show cattle, we will see what turns up... i dont really want to buy from an auction...

Yes i am, but im learning all i can first about things that i dont have a clear understanding.. i do have a few mentors that are helping me out, people i know that have been running cattle for a long time... and when i do get cows its going to be a joint effort amoung myself and some family...

You know, i typed a big ol long reply to you here then deleted it... your not worth having a conversation with anyway and your a waste of time. Sad to say your probably older than me too and should know better. Im sorry someone trying to learn more on a variety of subjects aggervates you...

I figured out what im going to do.. thanks for the help.. no pure bred cows for sure.