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<blockquote data-quote="East Caney" data-source="post: 368891" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>Brandonm2, These pictures are 1 month after I bought the cows. I bought a tractor that February and a shredder a bit later in the year. That brush has since been destroyed and replaced with a new working pen. There were a ton of sapling trees growing. I'm a little more than 1/2 finished shredding them all down. There's a lot of grass under the trees, but their bcs (which I don't think is as low as you say, though I'm not arguing) wasn't a result of their environment that you see in the background. A whole other problem is the thorn vines that are growing back....</p><p></p><p>Syd Sydney, I know I didn't say before, but she also weaned the smallest calf...didn't compare to the others. She probably honestly shouldn't still be here, but hard heads have to learn...(gave her another chance).</p><p></p><p>Skyline, that's an intersting proposal. It just seems like I'm defeating myself if I sell any of these cows light bred since they'll probably bring dog food prices. I'm just south of I-30 but I know that brahman influence will be well utilized. Those bulls are located 20 miles south of me.</p><p></p><p>Ryder, your statement was taken into consideration minus the first part. See, I asked if it would be worth it to use good bulls and breed up. You said not with these cows. I can accept that part. You lost me when you said the cows are not worthy of the bulls. That's like saying I should use a sorry bull since I've got sorry cows....that might just defeat the purpose of trying to IMPROVE my herd. Thanks for your thoughts anyway.</p><p></p><p>I think I'll just give it a try. If I get some heifers, one can hardly argue to the probability that they'll outperform their dam. Anything that doesn't seem better will head to the sale. I'll take my docking on steers. My #1 priority is having brood cows that are extremely functional and produce excellent calves. When I have that, I'll rotate between a Beefmaster bull (for replacements) and a bull not made up of the 3 breeds used in Beefmaster (for that good ol' hybrid vigor). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="East Caney, post: 368891, member: 2960"] Brandonm2, These pictures are 1 month after I bought the cows. I bought a tractor that February and a shredder a bit later in the year. That brush has since been destroyed and replaced with a new working pen. There were a ton of sapling trees growing. I'm a little more than 1/2 finished shredding them all down. There's a lot of grass under the trees, but their bcs (which I don't think is as low as you say, though I'm not arguing) wasn't a result of their environment that you see in the background. A whole other problem is the thorn vines that are growing back.... Syd Sydney, I know I didn't say before, but she also weaned the smallest calf...didn't compare to the others. She probably honestly shouldn't still be here, but hard heads have to learn...(gave her another chance). Skyline, that's an intersting proposal. It just seems like I'm defeating myself if I sell any of these cows light bred since they'll probably bring dog food prices. I'm just south of I-30 but I know that brahman influence will be well utilized. Those bulls are located 20 miles south of me. Ryder, your statement was taken into consideration minus the first part. See, I asked if it would be worth it to use good bulls and breed up. You said not with these cows. I can accept that part. You lost me when you said the cows are not worthy of the bulls. That's like saying I should use a sorry bull since I've got sorry cows....that might just defeat the purpose of trying to IMPROVE my herd. Thanks for your thoughts anyway. I think I'll just give it a try. If I get some heifers, one can hardly argue to the probability that they'll outperform their dam. Anything that doesn't seem better will head to the sale. I'll take my docking on steers. My #1 priority is having brood cows that are extremely functional and produce excellent calves. When I have that, I'll rotate between a Beefmaster bull (for replacements) and a bull not made up of the 3 breeds used in Beefmaster (for that good ol' hybrid vigor). :) [/QUOTE]
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