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they are reason I have gallons of slime for my utv/tractor tires and puncture repair plugs all over the place. Filling up a tire every few days with the compressor is just normal now :/

hmm.. it's possible. I've got one heifer calf that nurses both her dam and one other that lets her. I'll watch for this.

So maybe I guesstimate length the same way I estimate lbs on a bass, but here’s the pic

Good luck! I'm in my 5th year after starting from scratch and enjoying (almost) every new experience! This forum is great for answering questions.

No one told me bulls have weird scrotum teats! Joined up here with no experience at all with cattle and super appreciative of all the help I've received from this forum over the years. I rent a bull every summer and for the first time, noticed these 5-inch long nozzle-like things coming out...

Exactly the info I needed. thanks all!

My working pens are pretty lame. Portable panels reinforced with some wooden posts at the alley and an old priefert head gate on some railroad ties. But I've managed to make it work for my few cattle and they are trained to move through it pretty efficiently. But I absolutely can't imagine a...

Very interesting point of view. I align with her philosophically for sure.

Tyler Childers

Thanks for all the replies. BTW, the asking price of the crossbred yearling virgin bull is $1500. Not a lot of demand down here. Looking into AI, but I really don't want to have 1-2 open every year. I currently rent from a great local ranch, but I feel a little like they are doing me a favor...

I've had a small herd of 5 red angus for 4 years now so still quite new to this. I process and sell 1-2 a year to friends/family and sell/sale barn the rest. I'd like to add some heterosis to my calves and have the option to buy a reasonably priced Charolais-highland bull from a trusted ranch...

Came across a noble foundation article that seemed to say that an f1 dam+purebred sired calf will outperform a simple f1 calf from purebred dam & sire in terminal calf-specific categories (weaning weight, yearling weight, ADG, etc). Am I understanding this correctly?

If you ever want to experience what your cattle feel, touch the fence while on your knees. Standing up/2 points of contact=mild jolt. 4 points of ground contact is about 5-10 times worse! Did that once just for fun and understand now why they train so quickly.

I run 2 strands of poly wire around a bag/bucket of cubes or square bale in the pasture, close to my charger. About a 6x6 foot square. I watch to make sure they all test it once. They learn quick! Works for my cow/calves and the rental bull I bring in every summer so far.

I'm just 5 years into my small herd. Things I've looked into: maintaining recip cows for local registered/seedstock breeders who want to do a ton of embryo transfers, grass-fed/humanely raised beef (what I'm actually doing), hunting leases, government programs to help with watershed, soil...

Thanks for the helpful replies. Would have sold him right away but my son is learning a lot and really enjoys doing this. He’ll be at the sale barn in late august anyway, so maybe we’ll just wait till then and I’ll keep trying to talk him into cashing out early.

Got a bottle calf in our suburban back yard...not by choice! He's right at 6 weeks old. He currently eats about 1 lb of mana pro calf feed twice a day, drinks a quart of milk replacer morning and night, grazes on some wheat/oats/clover I luckily covered my garden with over-winter, and eats a...

Unfortunately, they are not their best in the, "workability" category. I'm only with them 1-2 times a week so I spend at least 1-2 hours with them just to keep them used to me being close. They are docile, come to feed and can be hand-fed...sometimes. But they are not acclimated to being...

Ha! Confusing, but the brand is actually called, "Chute Help" :) http://store.chutehelp.com/open-sweep/

These guys seem to have a great price for a 90 deg sweep. I just work 5-10 cows/calves so trying not to drop $4K, but I also don't want to waste my money. Anyone use anything from this brand?