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There are several guys around that buy and sell on cattle range and Craig's. They are pretty good and knowledgeable they would not stay in business long. I have not personally bought from Ogden's but I seen alot of cattle for sale by them. I have used Adam wall on a couple of good size...

Where there is a cow they find a way to misuse everything

If you want to mess with babies get a milk cow and feed them a couple at a time. Bottle calves are high priced and milk replacer is outrages calves die and it can drain you fast. Take the advice given you can get short solid cows in the third stage and let them do the work. Avoid novelty and the...

Any power close by the waterer or lightening in the area

My problem with FFA when my kids were young was they didn't teach them to pencil. People would just spend alot of money to win, not teach kids how to count cost. The 4h was better about that. Mine did hogs and we kept records of how much we spent and then the premium money plus butchering or...

Let me give you some advice you will have to get job in town and work to support yourself. There are low interest loans for beginning farmers but you need someone to help you make business plan. My 2 youngest son's did this10 years ago one was in the army, he became a helicopter mechanic, one...

We had a group of fall cows on a place a couple of miles from our home place. We went and caught all but 2 they disappeared we looked all over and even on the p!aces around us, a week later they come walking down the road to our home place. They walked up to the cattle guard and waited till some...

When I started out I had a very good vet and I hauled everything to his facilities. I was running about 10 pair and he also taught me alot about what to give and how, when we got to about 25 head we bought a used head gate and a few panels and some alley bows and started doing it ourselves. We...

I have had several solid black calves out of Hereford cows and brangus bulls. when bred to solid bulls the heifer will have motley faced calves it is strange. I have a motley faced cow that when bred to a solid bull will have a black baldy(solid white face) calf. commercial genetics are a...

I grab a little 2 month old thinking i'll do this real quick. he pulled me off balance and kicked me right between the eyes as I fell forward cut me under my eye and left a hoof print in my forehead, plus a big headache. when I got the bleeding to stop I made sure he was done with a vengeance.

they can come up to two weeks early or two weeks late.

lokk for salebarn along the way, most of them are helpful and would let you unload and freshin up. call ahead and ask them, plan your route

hogs are a good way to seal a pond. it does work

if she is raising a good calf and is physically sound, she might be worth keeping. have you checked her teeth to see if she has any. i have a cow i bought as a 5-6 yr old she had her 10th calf for me last dec. she doesnt have very good teeth just nubs but she gets around good and has an...

a cow can come into heat as early as 2 weeks after calving , it depends on her condition. usually they start about 45 days after calving, they will repeat heat about every 21 days. they are design to calve every year ie... if she calves in Feb. then by about may she should get bred back and...

either way you have a gap, but i would rather leave the calf on longer and hold them over the next time. unless the bull is not that great. if you lute the cows they will come in heat a week to ten days after anyway, the last one i did came in right away and i had to make sure she wasn't around...

you will need to look at the breed web site to know what is the average on EPD's. all of them are different and then figure where you want to lower like birthweight or increase like yearling. go to the cattle today home page and find breed assoc. on the left most will let you know what the...

i didn't know where to post this.....i got up the other morning and one of my 1st calf heifers came up and she had something hanging from her eye. i went out to look and it was a piece of a dog chain, hanging in front of her eye from her eyelid. it went under her upper eyelid and through the lid...

how will they find the cows that are in,they don't have noses? the rest of them look good

get the JB weld stick you mix with your fingers and put over the hole. mine is holding for several years now :cboy: . i don't get leaks till i drain them and it seems to get holes in bottom so i JB weld it and let it set fill up and go :banana: .