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<blockquote data-quote="Hippie Rancher" data-source="post: 1727150" data-attributes="member: 4203"><p>name is an unusual one</p><p>S E AZ</p><p>age is between 20 and 80</p><p>started with a Hereford heifer calf given by Grampa when I was born, he was a Hereford man from way back.</p><p>raised in the city, came back to the ranch in 1986 to care for him. during that time a cousin was helping with the cattle and brought in some other bulls - brahma, limousin, saler, even a shorthorn for a while. we also bought a few longhorns kind of as a joke. we took over all the management after Grampa died. more recently the bulls have been black or red angus/brangus and we have one hereford. the cows are starting to be more uniform reds and blacks. I kind of miss the colors but you sure get docked for it around here, no matter the actual conformation.</p><p></p><p>biggest thing I have learned is to watch the cows and go slow. if you don't need a lot of expensive toys you can make do on a small operation. we run 150- 200 mother cows depending on feed. being in the west the ranch is only about 20% private, the majority State Trust and a tiny bit of BLM.</p><p></p><p>poop is life, we don't poison flies or dung beetles, but we are in a dry climate and flies aren't actually that bad of a problem - most of the time anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippie Rancher, post: 1727150, member: 4203"] name is an unusual one S E AZ age is between 20 and 80 started with a Hereford heifer calf given by Grampa when I was born, he was a Hereford man from way back. raised in the city, came back to the ranch in 1986 to care for him. during that time a cousin was helping with the cattle and brought in some other bulls - brahma, limousin, saler, even a shorthorn for a while. we also bought a few longhorns kind of as a joke. we took over all the management after Grampa died. more recently the bulls have been black or red angus/brangus and we have one hereford. the cows are starting to be more uniform reds and blacks. I kind of miss the colors but you sure get docked for it around here, no matter the actual conformation. biggest thing I have learned is to watch the cows and go slow. if you don't need a lot of expensive toys you can make do on a small operation. we run 150- 200 mother cows depending on feed. being in the west the ranch is only about 20% private, the majority State Trust and a tiny bit of BLM. poop is life, we don't poison flies or dung beetles, but we are in a dry climate and flies aren't actually that bad of a problem - most of the time anyway. [/QUOTE]
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