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Its good to have tame cattle so you can look 'em over up close. And if by some chance they get out they won't be so flighty. But sometimes it is hard to tame your whole herd down if you have 10+ head it can get a little hard to tame them down, especially if you get them wild and mature, but if...

Ya know what? I labeled this "Stupid Question" for a reason. Sorry i brought it up Have a nice day

Well, like I said, the main reason of use of a horse is the fact that i ride around a lot w/ nothing with me, just watchin the herd or checking fences. And if i'm "just sittin" on a horse I'm not burnin fuel. If I'm on a ATV waitin to go I'm wasting fuel and money. And the contour of our...

If someone is playin anything then they don't really live on a farm or do but don't do any work. Now we are all here as cattlemen, not as fake cowboys or to state our false hopes. At any rate, CB, our farm has turned up profit for a good amount of years. And anymore, its growing just fine...

Yeah it pretty much sucks. That is why if i plan on becomin a beef farmer on a large scale i'm headin out that way. Yeah dad was tellin me how when he was a kid he could walk for a mile or two with his dog and not see as much as one person. if i did that today, my butt would be persecuted...

o well that pretty well explains it. i live in Indiana, where you cant spit into wind without hittin a neighbor that won't complain. (city folks movin out to our area and takin any and all chances for expanison of pasture, open range, boy do i wish)

Guess i just got a lemon. I've worked the heck outta it. yeah its seen some bad days 'cause of yours truly but i really figured it to be more durable. o it still runs and will work if it feels like it, but my only point was that there are times im needed somethin that will be on long periods...

I was thinking the same thing that dawgone was thinkin. i was wonderin how some of the successful cattlemen got their start. how old were most of you when you got into the industry.

Well i ain't into the idea to play cowboy. the way i've seen it is that the ATV sucks gas and if i ain't haulin somethin its a waste of gas. Course you got a point on the pasture, but as far as i can tell we've got enough to go 'round that one hayburner isn't gonna cut in too much. and i'm...

O, i see. Well we don't belong to any association but it did cross my mind in case we lost one and there was some dispute or if we saw one we mighta sold to someone

Reckon thats true, too.

Pardon me for interupting, but is there certian circumstances or situations where you HAVE to have a brand or is it just somethin that most cattlemen do? B/c i have lived here and farmed with my dad goin on 18 years and i don't ever recollect brandin cattle.

Pardon me for interupting, but is there certian circumstances or situations where you HAVE to have a brand or is it just somethin that most cattlemen do? B/c i have lived here and farmed with my dad goin on 18 years and i don't ever recollect brandin cattle.

GEEZ!!(gone a few hours and it turns into a 2 pager) thanks everyone for input. but i think i ought to clarify. i only thought a horse might work b/c the 4 wheeler i've got now is not anything to write home about. if i'm not busy runnin to get fuel for, it the tires are flat. and the horse...

I live on a farm with a fair but not ungodly amount of pasture land and i was kickin around the idea of seeing about buying a horse and using it to ride around and check fences and the herds and that sort of thing. Of course, 1)you have got to feed it and keep it healthy, like you have to fuel...

I don't mean to interupted, but what material is best for grounding a fence(steel, copper, alm., etc) and how many? Thanks Nate

Because of dry hot summer our hay did not do well, I have 22 acres of wheat ground and the foxtail grew well after the wheat came off. I remebered back when I was a kid and grandpa talked about it being ok to bale the stuff and referred to as poor man hay. Is it worth the time to mow it and bale it.

I have a small herd of hereford cows and pasture them on approx. 12 acres where there are 5 apple trees I have not had any problems and can tame the younger heifers down by picking them and feeding them by hand. the apples are small but I do not see a problem...

Alrighty. Thanks for the input everyone. Much obliged.

Well, thanks once again, everyone. FYI they're Herefords and I'll see what I can turn up. I've got research to do. Thanks Nate