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Congrats!

I agree.. the last 3 bulls I have ran with the herd have all ranked top 5% for Docility and I have never had this issue

Just my :2cents: , but it sounds like you have a solid plan there. I would definitely understock right now especially if you plan on feeding hay this winter. But, you could always stock to capacity (or slightly overstock) to have the cattle help you "clear the land" and then liquidate all or...

That's about where we are at, but we are transitioning into the seedstock side of the business more heavily in the coming years. Right now I use Google Sheets to keep my spreadsheets. It's an app you can put on any smart phone, tablet or computer. You can even a ceas it without WiFi or Cell...

Thanks for the replies. Just trying to keep better records. Started keeping pasture records this spring too... Fertilize applied, but also height when cows are turned in and when they are rotated off. And rest days between grazing

Anything outside the normal records? Anything in particular you go back to look up down the road?

For those of you that run a Cow/Calf operation, what does your "little black book" or spreadsheet entail? What is the information that you make for sure you write down and keep? DOB, BW, WW, Service Date, Meds given, etc.....

Interested.. I sent you a PM.

Thanks for the replies. I was just wondering because we have some calves out of some first calf heifers that we REALLY like and are going to keep them.. just wanted to hear some other opinions.

Just a question.. If it were the same bull and the same momma cow having calves for several years, what makes the first calf have "better" genetics...would it not be the same?

Heard something from a long time cattle producer that got me thinking.. He said he never retains calves from 1st calf heifers. He said the first calf a heifer has will be the worst calf they ever produce. We haven't noticed this to be true in our operation so far, but we are fairly early into...