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I plugged a drill in and it works just fine, I did make some progress today by process of elimination. I think the thermostat is bad but when I direct wire each component they work individually. Soon as I get them all three hooked up it trips (minus the thermostat) According to the documentation...

I’ll see if I can troubleshooting today it’s getting colder and I need to get it fixed ASAP. You can hard wire them or like mine it has a 3ft cord that you plug into an outlet so when I installed the pad and ran the water lines I set a box up with an outlet. I am no electrician but I am...

Does anyone have any experience with these waterers? I bought a couple at auction last year finally got them installed. When I plug it into the gfci it immediately trips. I’ve plugged other things into the outlet and the work fine. I double checked the wiring diagram on their site and it all...

Looks like you did pretty good on those steers..... We sold beginning of January the rising corn prices spooked us a little bit and the sale barn manager was advising us to sell. We caught it right as the prices dropped in our area the very next week. It's a gamble no matter what you do. Nice...

I am not real familiar with wiring one of these pumps, I bought a used bale spike for my truck. It is an older model one made by Tri-L manufacturing in Ozark Mo the label on the motor is all but worn off I can tell it is an KTI hydraulic/motor pump I believe it said DO -4366 as a model number...

Thanks everybody for the input, I believe I will call the butcher and get my name on the schedule :)

All of the calves have access to grain I feed them every other day. I just thought once weaned I would just let him run with the herd. So realistically this time next year he "should" be ready to go. So what's the difference if I switch him over to full feed? Will that speed up the process?

I have a calf that was born March 17th long story short his momma is just a thin poor cow even worse he has something wrong with his hind leg he's lame in it. He isn't growing as fast as the other calves but he's not doing too bad considering the circumstances. My plan is to wean all the calves...

Well the cow finally came up to the fence but wouldn't come into the pen to get with the calf. I let it be and she went back out into the pasture a couple of hundred yards away. After about another hour I went back out and took the opportunity to tag the calf. Then I simply rolled the calf...

I have the hardest time knowing when to step in... I am my own worst enemy I can talk myself into or out of anything! That's why I like this forum it gives me a place to vent or talk out loud so to speak. I Appreciate others input and advice. I like to let nature take care of it's self but I...

I will try to keep this short..... just looking for some opinions. I had a cow trying to calve yesterday. Enough time had passed I thought it was about time to come up with a game plan. I got her up into the pens close to the chute and decided to give her so more time and if I did need to do...

I've been looking into testing some round bales of hay to see what the quality was, I originally looked into this back in the summer when the hay was bailed. I swore everything I read at the time said wait until it's time to feed the bales then send off for a test to get more accurate results...

Well I had a pretty rough start when I first started building my own herd so the name although not planned was very fitting..... not sure if you can change your username or not :cboy: Thanks to this forum and all of the knowledgeable people on it I've learned a lot, I really enjoy getting on...

Just wanted to share a picture of a group of calves I recently weaned, I am pretty proud of this bunch. They are all pretty uniform it's hard to tell but there are 8 calves in the picture the lighting wasn't the best under the shade tree. Disregard the little calf second to last in the picture...

I went ahead and drove a 6' galvanized grounding rod although I hit a big rock about 4 ft down, I ran the wire and got the fence hooked up. It's working but I just don't know how good until I get a tester. I did watch the bull put his nose up to it and he figured out it was on. I Just want to...

I have a question about grounding an electric fence charger I recently bought a Parmak 25 mile range solar charger. The instructions say to put 3 6' galvanized ground rods 10 foot apart. I have a standard 30 mile charger that's just using one ground rod and it seems to run just fine. Most setups...

When I sell them they will be long time weaned and I want to make sure she is guaranteed open. What's the best option for checking that early blood test?

I wish I could pull the bull he's been running with the cows for 48 days now I just don't have the space to do so at the moment. I usually wean the calves then winter the bull with the cows until spring calving then I pull him out while the cows are calving. When we preg check we will cull...

I know this has been discussed many times on here but here it goes anyway......... :deadhorse: This morning I seen the bull breed a 4 month old heifer she fell down after a bit but got back up and seems to be fine the best I could tell anyway but.... there's no doubt he got her. I still...

Does anyone have any simple ideas or ways they've created shade for cattle? I wean calves in lot but there isn't any shade available to them and it's usually late August or early September. Last year I drove a few t posts and put a cattle panel in an arch and put a tarp over it. My plans are to...