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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10695"><p>> I'll try to remember some of your</p><p>> questions. A group of bovines are</p><p>> called "cattle". Cows =</p><p>> females who have had a calf (no</p><p>> longer virgins).</p><p>> Heifers = young females, not yet</p><p>> calved yet.</p><p></p><p>Um...a heifer has not yet calved, but is not necessarily (and usually isn't) a virgin. In order to calve (and thus become cows), they have to be bred, which requires that they participate in sexual type activities, thus degrading their moral status to that of the deflowered.</p><p></p><p>branding (usually</p><p>> 4-12 months old)...branding</p><p>> required before animal can be</p><p>> registered...</p><p></p><p>Um...not true. Branding is not done in many places of the United States. I have registered a good number of cattle with no brands at all.</p><p></p><p>> Whether you have 10 acres and 1</p><p>> bovine or 10,000 acres and a 1,000</p><p>> bovines, they all need to be</p><p>> "worked" at the</p><p>> appropriate time to reduces</p><p>> chances of illness, disease, or</p><p>> death.</p><p></p><p>I think it would depend on the operation. Cost of working cattle vs. cost of illness, disease, injury. I dunno anyone with 3-5 thousand cows. That's why I didn't answer the question.</p><p></p><p>> We raise registered Texas</p><p>> Longhorns. We work our stock every</p><p>> 2-3 months minimum (some every 1-2</p><p>> months), including getting weights</p><p>> and measuring horn length (tip to</p><p>> tip; and, total horn around the</p><p>> curvature of the horn).</p><p></p><p>How many do you have? What you do with yours and what I do with mine, can be substantially different than what someone with 3-5 thousand would do. I doubt anyone with that many head would want to measure horns. I ear tag all mine. Again, I doubt anyone with that many would bother with that. Health concerns are always concerns, but what concerns me may not concern such a large producer. What concerns him, might not concern me.</p><p></p><p>For research, I would find a ranch similar to your imaginary one and see if they will help you. Reasearching cattle related periodicals would probably be a help also. These publications will often do articles on larger operations and much information can be gleaned from them. The United States is a big country. There are many different management methods in various regions. Make sure the info you get is relevant to the region you are going to write about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10695"] > I'll try to remember some of your > questions. A group of bovines are > called "cattle". Cows = > females who have had a calf (no > longer virgins). > Heifers = young females, not yet > calved yet. Um...a heifer has not yet calved, but is not necessarily (and usually isn't) a virgin. In order to calve (and thus become cows), they have to be bred, which requires that they participate in sexual type activities, thus degrading their moral status to that of the deflowered. branding (usually > 4-12 months old)...branding > required before animal can be > registered... Um...not true. Branding is not done in many places of the United States. I have registered a good number of cattle with no brands at all. > Whether you have 10 acres and 1 > bovine or 10,000 acres and a 1,000 > bovines, they all need to be > "worked" at the > appropriate time to reduces > chances of illness, disease, or > death. I think it would depend on the operation. Cost of working cattle vs. cost of illness, disease, injury. I dunno anyone with 3-5 thousand cows. That's why I didn't answer the question. > We raise registered Texas > Longhorns. We work our stock every > 2-3 months minimum (some every 1-2 > months), including getting weights > and measuring horn length (tip to > tip; and, total horn around the > curvature of the horn). How many do you have? What you do with yours and what I do with mine, can be substantially different than what someone with 3-5 thousand would do. I doubt anyone with that many head would want to measure horns. I ear tag all mine. Again, I doubt anyone with that many would bother with that. Health concerns are always concerns, but what concerns me may not concern such a large producer. What concerns him, might not concern me. For research, I would find a ranch similar to your imaginary one and see if they will help you. Reasearching cattle related periodicals would probably be a help also. These publications will often do articles on larger operations and much information can be gleaned from them. The United States is a big country. There are many different management methods in various regions. Make sure the info you get is relevant to the region you are going to write about. [/QUOTE]
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