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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 138229" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>Jeremy,</p><p></p><p>I am guessing you put in an extra zero on your hay costs. Also, I wouldn't get a trailer. You can probably find someone to haul cattle for you a couple times a year for a couple hundred dollars. A trailer will never pay for itself unless you use it regularly. You could also get by with just a headgate and not an entire chute and save quite a bit of money up front, you can always add the chute later. But depending on what your feeding and the time you have, you may need a tractor, so you could either figure less or more for misc. costs. While I'm all in favor of buying good bulls, a $2500 bull for 7 cows is a bit much in my opinion. You can buy some pretty nice bulls for just over 1/2 that.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to get by with as little as possible at first and add improvements as you see necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 138229, member: 122"] Jeremy, I am guessing you put in an extra zero on your hay costs. Also, I wouldn't get a trailer. You can probably find someone to haul cattle for you a couple times a year for a couple hundred dollars. A trailer will never pay for itself unless you use it regularly. You could also get by with just a headgate and not an entire chute and save quite a bit of money up front, you can always add the chute later. But depending on what your feeding and the time you have, you may need a tractor, so you could either figure less or more for misc. costs. While I'm all in favor of buying good bulls, a $2500 bull for 7 cows is a bit much in my opinion. You can buy some pretty nice bulls for just over 1/2 that. My advice is to get by with as little as possible at first and add improvements as you see necessary. [/QUOTE]
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