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<blockquote data-quote="2old" data-source="post: 1840374" data-attributes="member: 42795"><p>This is where I started asking for advice:</p><p></p><p>The cold spring rains and the fresh spring grass provided a steep learning curve, we lost 3 to pneumonia and bloat. My intentions were to eat one...but I couldn't...I even had to look away as they left the farm. I named the first 3 we got Robert (biggest) Bob (medium sized) and Bobby (sickly little thing who consumed $$) I thought I was a tough old bird, not so much. Cattle are much smarter than I remembered and Robert should have been named Houdini. My husband (80) survived a traumatic atv roll over during this time and I had family members step up and help. They said he would not be standing for at least 3 months, 4 months later, by God's grace I was running to keep up with him. We didn't lose money, but we didn't pay ourselves either. 17 made it to market ranging in weight from 1380 to 1076 (Bobby). In retrospect, feeders would have been cheaper AND a lot less work. Net $389.75 per head. We now have 14 steers 8 months old and just implanted synovex one. We havent lost any yet and I will watch them closer in the spring because I don't want to pay the cost of tuition to cattle school again. The intangible, absolutely priceless part is that even our grandkids can care for cattle now. I truly appreciate the view over my shoulder, I know it's better because of the knowledge shared here! Best wishes to all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2old, post: 1840374, member: 42795"] This is where I started asking for advice: The cold spring rains and the fresh spring grass provided a steep learning curve, we lost 3 to pneumonia and bloat. My intentions were to eat one...but I couldn't...I even had to look away as they left the farm. I named the first 3 we got Robert (biggest) Bob (medium sized) and Bobby (sickly little thing who consumed $$) I thought I was a tough old bird, not so much. Cattle are much smarter than I remembered and Robert should have been named Houdini. My husband (80) survived a traumatic atv roll over during this time and I had family members step up and help. They said he would not be standing for at least 3 months, 4 months later, by God's grace I was running to keep up with him. We didn't lose money, but we didn't pay ourselves either. 17 made it to market ranging in weight from 1380 to 1076 (Bobby). In retrospect, feeders would have been cheaper AND a lot less work. Net $389.75 per head. We now have 14 steers 8 months old and just implanted synovex one. We havent lost any yet and I will watch them closer in the spring because I don't want to pay the cost of tuition to cattle school again. The intangible, absolutely priceless part is that even our grandkids can care for cattle now. I truly appreciate the view over my shoulder, I know it's better because of the knowledge shared here! Best wishes to all! [/QUOTE]
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