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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1230896" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We are humbled here by your generous comments. Our passion is genetics, and striving to make a cow that can not only survive, but thrive in our fescue rich environment. Because of my goal, we will never win any big shows. We do well in local and state level shows, but beyond that our genetics are just too small. Our heifers are usually the smallest in the classes at national level competitions, but that is because our girls have to come home and make it in the pasture after their first two years as show heifers. And they have to calve by the time they are two. That puts a lot of pressure on our show heifers. Unlike other show cattle, our heifers spend their summers in the pasture, not in a barn. They are not under fans or coolers, and are fed a modest amount of grain to keep a show heifer figure ;-) </p><p>Highgrit, my girls may not survive in your environment, but they we're bred to survive in my environment. And they do it well. Fescue is not an easy grass to raise cattle on, but our genetics thrive in it or they are sent to the auction. Every cow must calve every year, and many have not made it because of the fescue and their genetics are no longer in our herd. Our winter hay is also fescue, and we try to get it cut early so we sit at 10% protein. They must be fertile, and stick to AI or an embryo, or they leave. They are not pampered. They are genetically selected to work in our environment. I was not lucky and gifted land and cattle; we bought our land (45 acres raw land), put in pastures and waters, built a home, shop, barn, and built our herd, one cow at a time. All with our monthly paychecks from 8-5 jobs. We started in 2007, and have built slowly from there. We have worked hard to get where we are at. All I need now is another 50 acres so I can continue to build our herd....</p><p>And unless your cows are raised on fescue, I doubt your cattle would survive in my environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1230896, member: 18809"] We are humbled here by your generous comments. Our passion is genetics, and striving to make a cow that can not only survive, but thrive in our fescue rich environment. Because of my goal, we will never win any big shows. We do well in local and state level shows, but beyond that our genetics are just too small. Our heifers are usually the smallest in the classes at national level competitions, but that is because our girls have to come home and make it in the pasture after their first two years as show heifers. And they have to calve by the time they are two. That puts a lot of pressure on our show heifers. Unlike other show cattle, our heifers spend their summers in the pasture, not in a barn. They are not under fans or coolers, and are fed a modest amount of grain to keep a show heifer figure ;-) Highgrit, my girls may not survive in your environment, but they we're bred to survive in my environment. And they do it well. Fescue is not an easy grass to raise cattle on, but our genetics thrive in it or they are sent to the auction. Every cow must calve every year, and many have not made it because of the fescue and their genetics are no longer in our herd. Our winter hay is also fescue, and we try to get it cut early so we sit at 10% protein. They must be fertile, and stick to AI or an embryo, or they leave. They are not pampered. They are genetically selected to work in our environment. I was not lucky and gifted land and cattle; we bought our land (45 acres raw land), put in pastures and waters, built a home, shop, barn, and built our herd, one cow at a time. All with our monthly paychecks from 8-5 jobs. We started in 2007, and have built slowly from there. We have worked hard to get where we are at. All I need now is another 50 acres so I can continue to build our herd.... And unless your cows are raised on fescue, I doubt your cattle would survive in my environment. [/QUOTE]
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