farmerjan
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Jersey cross ???
Hello from Deep East Texas
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1982vett
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get any rain? Been watching radar from afar. Doesn't look like we got much more than a sprinkle.
poured down here several times
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One of the red angus cows which were supposed to have been bred by a red angus bull. Zoom in on the light colored one in the middle. Pretty safe bet his daddy was NOT a red angus. Looks like a Brahma bull got into Rutherford's pasture…at least from the looks of this calf…note the little horns trying to come in…not to mention the dewlaps and neck wrinkles
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Sire: Red Angus
Dam: Beefmaster x Black Angus
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We got a good bit…not sure how much but it has rained off and on all this month, so far…finally getting a break and drying out enough to get some work done…was down with a bad summer cold this weekend…still not 100% but much better than Friday evening…went into a NyQuil induced coma most of the weekend.
Chicken litter is supposed to be delivered this week…finally. Working 9 calves Thursday next week…and the barn construction can pick back up…they are probably out there today doing some dirt work. Seems it stopped raining and now everything is happening at once…controlled chaos…lol
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Keep us posted on the barn progress. I'm interested as I will be building a barn here in a couple yrs.
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210 tons of chicken litter has been spread and now I couldn't buy a drop of rain…sigh.
Barn project is moving forward. The guys have been building trusses and have a few uprights in place.
Plan on starting a couple of smaller projects that I will build myself. Son-in-law wants to lend a hand to learn a few things about working with his hands. His father abandoned them when he was young so he didn't get a lot of hands-on experience with such things growing up. I'll be happy to have a younger & stronger back pitching in…lol.
Will work 9 calves tomorrow with some help from a good friend…vaccinate all the calves & band the bulls. Whole herd will get some insect repellent as the flies are getting a bit thick this year.
Then, it's off to Yellowstone for a week. When we get back, it's no holds barred work every evening after work and on weekends. Couple of smaller building projects, spraying where needed, & going to war with brush on fence lines…a full schedule this summer again. On a positive note, the past couple of years spraying is paying off…not many weeds showing up yet except for a few small areas. The back pasture is greening up good since the burn a few weeks ago. Actually feel like I'm gaining a little ground…finally. Now to keep it in a nine line bind…no retreat, no surrender!
Barn project is moving forward. The guys have been building trusses and have a few uprights in place.
Plan on starting a couple of smaller projects that I will build myself. Son-in-law wants to lend a hand to learn a few things about working with his hands. His father abandoned them when he was young so he didn't get a lot of hands-on experience with such things growing up. I'll be happy to have a younger & stronger back pitching in…lol.
Will work 9 calves tomorrow with some help from a good friend…vaccinate all the calves & band the bulls. Whole herd will get some insect repellent as the flies are getting a bit thick this year.
Then, it's off to Yellowstone for a week. When we get back, it's no holds barred work every evening after work and on weekends. Couple of smaller building projects, spraying where needed, & going to war with brush on fence lines…a full schedule this summer again. On a positive note, the past couple of years spraying is paying off…not many weeds showing up yet except for a few small areas. The back pasture is greening up good since the burn a few weeks ago. Actually feel like I'm gaining a little ground…finally. Now to keep it in a nine line bind…no retreat, no surrender!
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Best advice: Go with steel framing for durability; build a little bigger to accommodate unpredictable needs…better to spend a little extra up front than wish you had later; if using a contractor, make sure it is someone well known and respected…lowest bid isn't always best when it comes to results; think about how big you want the doors and make sure to accommodate any potential needs for new equipment that you may want to store inside (ie a taller tractor perhaps).
I'm using 4" square tubing so I can make modifications to the interior using either wood or steel….always easier to work off of flat surfaces than round ones…at least to me. One long side (80') to make a place for storing tractor attachments, trailers, etc. with 10' tall openings. Picture a mailbox flag with the flag "pole" being 80' long and the flag being about half of that…don't really know a better way to explain it and gave my footprint drawing to my contractor…should have taken a photo of it…
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where did you get your chicken litter down there, we don't have much near our place and I'd like to get some hauled up
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Since about 2008, I've found that any type of fertilizer put out is known to shut the water off for 2 or 3 weeks. If not longer... and finally giving in and cutting what hay it might have grown is good for a quarter to half an inch of light drizzling rain over the next 10 days.
Have fun....
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Got mine from Complete Ag Services (a local outfit)…don't know if they would travel that far or what kind of timing…it's getting harder and harder to get that stuff…I can get you number if you want to give it a shot.
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Well, it is my understanding that it rained here almost every day we were on vacation…took nearly a week to get here but I'll take it…I find that mowing the lawn or washing a car is a good way to bring rain…lol
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Had a dry week for the most part this week...had one day of some heavy rain...have sprayed one hay pasture and part of another - will finish that one tomorrow...barn is coming along nicely. Concrete work might be set back this coming week as a good bit of rain is in the forecast.
The good old hot & humid summer has begun here in east Texas. Temps not too bad but the humidity makes it feel a lot warmer. Walk outside and sweat while standing still...lol. Once the spraying is done, it will be time to get to work on some summer projects (including going to war with brush on fence lines, as usual). A little fabricating in the shop and a couple of relatively small construction projects that I will do myself. Got our yard mowed this evening after work - will mow Mom's after spraying the hay pasture tomorrow. Grazing pastures don't look too bad as far as weeds are concerned...may have gotten on top of it over the past 2 or 3 years...here's hoping.
For those in this part of the world - stay hydrated. Humid or not, you can dry out before you know it.
The good old hot & humid summer has begun here in east Texas. Temps not too bad but the humidity makes it feel a lot warmer. Walk outside and sweat while standing still...lol. Once the spraying is done, it will be time to get to work on some summer projects (including going to war with brush on fence lines, as usual). A little fabricating in the shop and a couple of relatively small construction projects that I will do myself. Got our yard mowed this evening after work - will mow Mom's after spraying the hay pasture tomorrow. Grazing pastures don't look too bad as far as weeds are concerned...may have gotten on top of it over the past 2 or 3 years...here's hoping.
For those in this part of the world - stay hydrated. Humid or not, you can dry out before you know it.
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Incidentally, when spraying last week, about 15 or so cattle egrets came into the pasture...I guess to see what got stirred up - bugs and such. I saw one that looked like he had a pretty big bug in his mouth...as I got closer, I could see that he was trying to swallow a field mouse...wish I would have had my phone and gotten a picture of that. I didn't know they would eat mice...the things you see while working in pastures...lol
Travlr
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They'll eat anything they can swallow. Where do you think all the baby ducks go?
greybeard
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The baby ducks went to big largemouth bass and alligators at my old place. Really slow ones got eaten by gar....they're kinda lazy.
kenny thomas
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Turtle's get some baby ducks too.
