Maybe the calculate it like they did in Iceland when I was there. If you hit a sheep and killed it the figured the value of all it's possible offspring and all the fleece from the one that got killed and all it's offpsring. Amazed me what they figured a dam sheep was worthhighgrit":3pww0aco said:41 pairs totaling $350k, someone needs to be arrested for fraud. This kind of reporting just makes things worse for the rancher. IMO
jltrent":2r3wsrtz said:If a stranger is around my cattle no way in heck are they catching them. I have to butter them up a few days and then trick a few of em just to get them in the lot to catch myself.
jltrent":214hoij6 said:If a stranger is around my cattle no way in heck are they catching them. I have to butter them up a few days and then trick a few of em just to get them in the lot to catch myself.
Bigfoot":1ck4ohba said:jltrent":1ck4ohba said:If a stranger is around my cattle no way in heck are they catching them. I have to butter them up a few days and then trick a few of em just to get them in the lot to catch myself.
If they get out, and get with somebody elses, a brand is your only recourse.
I think you misread the number of head missing.highgrit":2gmosxm3 said:41 pairs totaling $350k, someone needs to be arrested for fraud. This kind of reporting just makes things worse for the rancher. IMO
A big tall tree. Or a tomahawk.skyhightree1":1yj939vk said:jltrent":1yj939vk said:If a stranger is around my cattle no way in heck are they catching them. I have to butter them up a few days and then trick a few of em just to get them in the lot to catch myself.
I give mine grain daily and anyone holding a bucket they will run too . I feed mine daily in a corral so they are used to going in there. I have talked to fire sweep and am seriously thinking about cold branding but I need to design a brand.
jedstivers":2h3aq0d1 said:A big tall tree. Or a tomahawk.skyhightree1":2h3aq0d1 said:jltrent":2h3aq0d1 said:If a stranger is around my cattle no way in heck are they catching them. I have to butter them up a few days and then trick a few of em just to get them in the lot to catch myself.
I give mine grain daily and anyone holding a bucket they will run too . I feed mine daily in a corral so they are used to going in there. I have talked to fire sweep and am seriously thinking about cold branding but I need to design a brand.
M5farm":g7gy26j2 said:
Nesikep":3h32qu6j said:if you could put a GPS tracker on at least a couple of the animals in a large herd! In this day and age it's probably worth the investment.
I haven't seen my cows in about 5 days.. hope my parents have!