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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 535489" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>That is it right there. Lots of headaches are created by the owners... not the cattle.</p><p></p><p>I had a little expereince with some cattle not too long ago. I was on a man's place that raised Black Angus Cattle. Let me list some of the issues he faced.</p><p></p><p>-Cattle will not eat coastal hay, only like that millet stuff and most of the time he had to spray the bales with molasses to get them to eat it.</p><p>(My thought is if they were hungary they would eat)</p><p></p><p>-When we worked cattle the mommas would leave the calves behind when they were being drove. Most of the time we would have to go back and bring the calves. Also, if you turned a cow out after working them they would not wait around for their calf. IF the calf didn't get with the herd they would still be at the pens balling the next morning.</p><p>(Can't beat our brahma crosses away from their calves. Which leades to the next issue...)</p><p></p><p>-Calves were constantly being lost to mud, coyotes/ dogs, and calving problems. Not counting the ones we had to save.</p><p>(I messed with more calves there, in one year, than I had ever messed with in my lifetime. I understand where these calf loss numbers come from now :shock: )</p><p></p><p>-He had 9 wire barbed wire fences to keep the cattle in. His bulls would still tear a fence down to get to heifers no matter what.</p><p></p><p>That was the prime example of some one who spoiled their cattle and is putting way more effort into the them than necessary. Then to top it off he would cry and complain about how there was no money to be made in the cattle business and how cattle are nothing but a hastle. He created that situation, no one else. :|</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 535489, member: 6291"] That is it right there. Lots of headaches are created by the owners... not the cattle. I had a little expereince with some cattle not too long ago. I was on a man's place that raised Black Angus Cattle. Let me list some of the issues he faced. -Cattle will not eat coastal hay, only like that millet stuff and most of the time he had to spray the bales with molasses to get them to eat it. (My thought is if they were hungary they would eat) -When we worked cattle the mommas would leave the calves behind when they were being drove. Most of the time we would have to go back and bring the calves. Also, if you turned a cow out after working them they would not wait around for their calf. IF the calf didn't get with the herd they would still be at the pens balling the next morning. (Can't beat our brahma crosses away from their calves. Which leades to the next issue...) -Calves were constantly being lost to mud, coyotes/ dogs, and calving problems. Not counting the ones we had to save. (I messed with more calves there, in one year, than I had ever messed with in my lifetime. I understand where these calf loss numbers come from now :shock: ) -He had 9 wire barbed wire fences to keep the cattle in. His bulls would still tear a fence down to get to heifers no matter what. That was the prime example of some one who spoiled their cattle and is putting way more effort into the them than necessary. Then to top it off he would cry and complain about how there was no money to be made in the cattle business and how cattle are nothing but a hastle. He created that situation, no one else. :| [/QUOTE]
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