This may not be the proper place for this post but it does have to do with beginners. Today I was looking over our farm records from past years and was reminded of an old saying: "God takes care of fools and drunks." We aren't drunks.
When we started out in 2000, we were not completely strangers to cattle but our knowledge was much more limited than we realized. We bought 30 late bred heifers sight unseen. This was a private treaty sale from a reputable source. We had fences, corrals and working pens. We had 27 healthy calves born. One heifer did not have a calf and 2 calves died. We were so ill prepared for the many things that could have happened and didn't. Our knowledge of the danger of Momma cows was nil. We knew they were not pets but I did not realize how dangerous they could be.
The people on this board helped us tremendously but it was not always kind and it hurt pretty bad sometimes. I really appreciate all I have learned over the years. I still need to learn a lot more and I will probably be asking some more dumb questions that will irritate those who know so much but I just realized today how far I have come in these past years and I thank many of you for that.
When we started out in 2000, we were not completely strangers to cattle but our knowledge was much more limited than we realized. We bought 30 late bred heifers sight unseen. This was a private treaty sale from a reputable source. We had fences, corrals and working pens. We had 27 healthy calves born. One heifer did not have a calf and 2 calves died. We were so ill prepared for the many things that could have happened and didn't. Our knowledge of the danger of Momma cows was nil. We knew they were not pets but I did not realize how dangerous they could be.
The people on this board helped us tremendously but it was not always kind and it hurt pretty bad sometimes. I really appreciate all I have learned over the years. I still need to learn a lot more and I will probably be asking some more dumb questions that will irritate those who know so much but I just realized today how far I have come in these past years and I thank many of you for that.