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I do 1 cow per 2 acres maximum. salt and mineral out there for them. when there is no corn in the manure, I put out protein tubs. they will go thru and eat the corn, then go back and eat the leaves. stalks are generally left behind, especially if planting a BT type corn. I usually feed corn...

the Mrs. tied an empty milk jug in the tail. worked for her calf. they get tired of kicking at the jug day after day, and just quit.

I have my steer calves sold and delivery is this weekend. I am not ready to bring home the heifers. what will happen if I leave the heifers on the calves? I asked a few around here, the only thing I heard besides a bunch of "i don't know"s is the neighbor lady thought there could be calf...

last year in the feed store we were talking about RFID tags, premisis ID's, etc. an older gentleman said he wasn't going to do that, because all the government had to do was look at their computer and know how many cows he had, and the government didn't need to know how many head he ran. A...

the Mrs usually writes a "book" on each animal that goes to sale. last year I took in one that prolapsed twice, and the paper had her tag# and her problem listed, the auctioneer brought her into the ring and said "nice heifer and a calf, who knows, she may have been exposed, and you'll get a 3...

around here green is light flesh, haven't been pushed feed in the lot. they have lots of room to grow yet. taken off pasture, been running out, etc.

well, I got the paddle out. A smack on the rear when she kicks, and one on the nose when she slams him to the ground. She will let him nurse, not happily, if I am standing there with the paddle in the "swing" position. After he gets full, and lays down on his side of the pen and makes no...

I had to pull a calf from a heifer today. Not a real hard pull, but a typical big headed bull calf. Cow wants nothing to do with the calf. Put them in a pen together, she ignored him, if he moved toward her she would kick or ram him into the ground fairly hard. Tried putting the dog in the...

I think we have the same service as dee. He does s.e. SD, and s.w. MN. 20 per call put the cash in a jar by the animals nose. The Mrs., not shy, asked him how he could stand the job. He said he really didn't have much of a sense of smell, and winter was his favorite time. he just backs up...

the Mrs. pours over the baby name book almost as much as the ABS catalog before calving time. Just got into the purebreds but we use the letter year for naming also.

I offen wondered how many people on here know each other. I know one person, and actually tried to buy cattle from her a few years back. I say tried 'cuz her and the Mrs. almost had a knock down drag out over one old cow. Nothin uglier than two stubborn women each tryin to have their way...

near me is Hill top acres, belly acres, train wreck ranch, the L-Pine ranch, jersey winds, and prarie gold. I love medic's "cull corner". I may need to name my pasture for the old cows that.

but, what makes a cow worth so much, that at 17 1/2 years of age, she sells for $100,000, half interest? (N Bar Primrose2424) The Mrs. main goal in life is to sell just one of these a year. :D the last heifer I bought her is from the "$60,000 North Fork Primrose 6028". And I'm not gunna...

I don't think it's too late. But it's like having an out of control teenager. You should've nipped it earlier. The Mrs. has a 6 month old bull right now from the neighbors that his kids played "tackle" with when younger. Now he's #400+ and still wants to play, so the neighbor gave him to us...

We had hay belly with the feeders last year when they were first in the lot. Looking pretty bad. Feed analyst said not enough protien. Added #1.5 of soy bean meal, and started to see a difference in a little over a week.

I'm with Chuckie. Few years ago the Mrs "I cant be mean to animals" got hurt by a heifer bulling on her. The heifer would always butt her when small "playing" the Mrs. called it. You have to let them know you're boss cow otherwise you are just part of the herd. Some will think you are boss...

we go with Dun's cull predictors. It they come out of that chute and go 6 feet high, and don't touch the ground for 30 feet, bye bye at weaning time. Worst trouble we have is with red calves. I get very few out of the f-1's but they are always nuts! Bull, steer, or heifer, and the Mrs. has...

around here they usually sell the slaughter animals before the large groups of feeder, and replacements. I have taken to leaving the Mrs. at the mall 'till the last possible moment. It is sad the condition some of these animals are in when they come through. I am able to discreetly comment...

I have had teh premesis ID since Feb, not that anyone cares. BQA seems important to buyers. I put RFID tags in the calves this year. It cost $2.50 per tag, with $1 extra to enter them into the computer system. There have been a few RFID sales in SD, but the results are the same if you had...

I do the "hey yup" for a call. Had the neighbor girl helping round cattle a couple years ago, trying to copy me, she is yelling "Hiccup".Come boss seems to ba a fav, or the bucket rattle.