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It does not sound like you have had him for very long, when we first start tying them we do just that, tie him low (chest level) leave just enough slack so his head will rest in a natural position if he is standing and if was to go down he wont hang him self. We will tie them for about 1/2 hour...

Even though you have sold the steer I can give you some advice for the next time, first you need more than one calf when doing this it makes it easier to break them when there are 2 calves, they not like to be alone. We started with commercial calves who really only were around people for...

There are several companies that make fans for show cattle I posted some links link to a few of them, they are rugged and move quite a bit of air, they can also be mounted from the above. http://calfclimate.com/circulation-fans.html...

With show calves, you have a show stick it is not only used to set their feet and scratch them; the handle end makes a good attitude adjuster when they get a little uppity. A quick tag to the nose will get their attention. Since you are not showing her a 2 foot piece of ½ PVC works just as well...

You really can’t blame most youth today the system is to blame. It starts with the “everyone’s a winner” mentality, doing away with vocational classes in high school, as well as kids don’t get to be kids like the older generations did. We used to get up in the morning and head out into the hills...

Maybe your grandfather branded when he weaned, if he weaned by the moon, it would seem like he branded by the moon as well. I cannot see how the moon could affect the size of a brand, size of the brand in relationship size of the calf would make a difference.

After reading these posts I can safely say I'm relieved half of you are not my neighbors. It is not the fact you don’t want others feeding your animals, I understand that, it is your less than neighborly responses that get me. If I did not want anyone feeding them I would just say, they are on...

Fire Sweep Ranch, from my experience, you may want to consider concrete on one end for their water to drain out and then go with sand (about 6 – 8 inches deep) for the rest of the pen. Hogs and especially show hogs can get a real bad case of arthritis as well as it is just hard on their joints...

Not to get off track, but if the calf were PHA positive they would have a dead calf, some TH calves are born alive, but PHA are either aborted early by the cow or born dead.

For family, I just figure my cost, if I have $800 in it and their getting half, I charge them $400 plus their half the processing. If selling half, they pay market price plus processing.

If you all would have tolerated SL/NCLiz, he/she would not have gone over to the Show Cattle web site and started slinging his/her malarkey. He/she lasted about half a day before they started getting irritated with his/her spill. They are asking for him /her to be removed, so far they just threw...

If we wait long enough, maybe the reintroduced wolves can expand their range enough to take care of them. It could be as big a success story as the grass carp experiment, we know how well that worked out.

Free choice hay and 2-3 percent of their body weight in grain. If they have not been on grain work them up to slowly, Start with about six pounds and add a pound or 2, every 3 or 4 days until you get them where you want. You might want to add some pro-bios to the feed as you go just to keep...

Just feed the hogs you want to keep a sow feed for a couple weeks prior to slaughter, that should put some needed fat on them. Just about everything we buy at the fair comes home and eats for a few weeks, more because the butchers in the area are flooded with animals at that time of the year...

Steer projects are allot of work and take allot of time but can be fun. Here is a picture of the kid and his steer that I helped, I sold him a calf last year and found him this calf this year. This was his 2nd raising a steer, the steer was the Grand Champion out of 65 head. No cooler, just...

I think the average for county fair pigs is around $200 (I was told that they have some tough hog show in Texas) there are those that spend allot more. We raised a couple litters over the years and sold pig to the kids for fair, charged 150 each and had several class winners but never anything...

TesasBred, a few years ago that might have been true, now if the pigs do not have fat they do not win, over the last few years the hog shows have made a big push towards softer made hogs, no more pit-bull looking hogs. Hogs are easier, but I would not let them run free, all you need is 4 16 foot...

The way they get sorted you really can’t get too excited about any breed and how they did over another, PB Angus get sorted out of the Angus class, while 3-way crosses make it into the Angus class. What does it take to make it into the Chi class? As long as the calf looks the part and that is...

I’ve had beef in Hawaii and you are probably right for your area, the meat lacked flavor and tenderness. We have bought calves at the local fair for the last 9 years, from kids we knew, you cannot buy beef that taste that good from a chain store, (Costco’s beef is the closest, but still not as...

Show or meat I think it would have gone the same way. The 3 steer has allot going for him, he has mass, muscle, finish and is very balanced, the 1 steer is good but he does not have the eye appeal of the 3 steer, but can hold his own, the 4 Steer has power he just is way over done for me, last...