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<blockquote data-quote="Bez+" data-source="post: 575771" data-attributes="member: 6797"><p>Five acres in Texas?</p><p></p><p>Not much grass if I remember from my days in the Houston area. Not a lot of rain either.</p><p></p><p>You best remember some things:</p><p></p><p>1. You may need a fence to contain your cow(s) - but you need a pen to control them as well. Otherwise when you go to round those little lovely quiet creatures up and put them in a trailer you may chase them all over the country after they have jumped your 5 strand fence or walked through it.</p><p></p><p>2. Are you prepared to spend up to two dollars a day to raise each animal? Probably more as you are new and do not have numbers to do volume business - I would not be surprised to see your costs go to three bucks a day initially or even a bit higher as you run out of grass and such. Which will happen. This is on top of the purchase price of two animals - two is better than one as they are herd creatures. All prices I mentioned are "per animal" - so do the math.</p><p></p><p>3. You need a veterinarian? Pick up the yellow pages and start calling - find one that makes house calls and does large animals. You will have the need of one eventually. He will not likely come out to help you if you do not have handling facilities - so you may have to haul them to the veterinarian - got a trailer or someone you can hire?</p><p></p><p>4. I am one who will tell you that you should not raise cattle on 5 acres - in your back yard - just outside the City of Houston. Some will jump on me but you asked about raising cattle. You are going to have to pen them and feed them and water them. You are going to be chored to death and that nice green ground you seem to have in the back will become a dust pile eventually - unless of course you put an even greater effort into keeping it alive and healthy. In fact you put three cattle on your ground and I bet you are feeding every day starting at about one to two weeks into your program - how much hay you got in your area and what is the price?</p><p></p><p>Everyone looks at old farmers in dirty clothes and rusty trucks and figures they can raise cattle if that old bast**d can do it. Trust me that old bast**d is as smart as a PHD scientist and can pound a penny into a silver dollar. You find one of these guys and then you go and help him every weekend for one to two years BEFORE you bring one animal onto your place. You will be far better off for it and you will not have the wreck like you will see at the site I am soon going to ask you to visit.</p><p></p><p>Then you start raising grass. </p><p></p><p>Then you start figuring out where you will get the feed.</p><p></p><p>How much the feed will cost you.</p><p></p><p>How much you going to spend getting that feed to your animals.</p><p></p><p>And the beat goes on.</p><p></p><p>The advice folks here are giving you about doing some research is truly invaluable.</p><p></p><p>Go to this thread: <a href="http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49675" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49675</a></p><p></p><p>Then:</p><p></p><p>Get past all the bickering and remember this guy lives in a place that grass LOVES to grow - you have to work at it in your area. Then think about your situation. That animal was allowed to get pretty bad - any cattleman raising animlas can see it right away - you will fight this all the time.</p><p></p><p>Yeah I am negative - but you want it bad enough you will learn first and you will get it going. If you do not, then you will start in - hurt your bank account, hurt your animals and talk about how good your beef tastes - even if it is schitzen - because you are a cattle rancher!</p><p></p><p>Go slow and do nothing for a year but learn.</p><p></p><p>Or spend and regret - the choice in the end is up to you.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p><p></p><p>Bez+</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez+, post: 575771, member: 6797"] Five acres in Texas? Not much grass if I remember from my days in the Houston area. Not a lot of rain either. You best remember some things: 1. You may need a fence to contain your cow(s) - but you need a pen to control them as well. Otherwise when you go to round those little lovely quiet creatures up and put them in a trailer you may chase them all over the country after they have jumped your 5 strand fence or walked through it. 2. Are you prepared to spend up to two dollars a day to raise each animal? Probably more as you are new and do not have numbers to do volume business - I would not be surprised to see your costs go to three bucks a day initially or even a bit higher as you run out of grass and such. Which will happen. This is on top of the purchase price of two animals - two is better than one as they are herd creatures. All prices I mentioned are "per animal" - so do the math. 3. You need a veterinarian? Pick up the yellow pages and start calling - find one that makes house calls and does large animals. You will have the need of one eventually. He will not likely come out to help you if you do not have handling facilities - so you may have to haul them to the veterinarian - got a trailer or someone you can hire? 4. I am one who will tell you that you should not raise cattle on 5 acres - in your back yard - just outside the City of Houston. Some will jump on me but you asked about raising cattle. You are going to have to pen them and feed them and water them. You are going to be chored to death and that nice green ground you seem to have in the back will become a dust pile eventually - unless of course you put an even greater effort into keeping it alive and healthy. In fact you put three cattle on your ground and I bet you are feeding every day starting at about one to two weeks into your program - how much hay you got in your area and what is the price? Everyone looks at old farmers in dirty clothes and rusty trucks and figures they can raise cattle if that old bast**d can do it. Trust me that old bast**d is as smart as a PHD scientist and can pound a penny into a silver dollar. You find one of these guys and then you go and help him every weekend for one to two years BEFORE you bring one animal onto your place. You will be far better off for it and you will not have the wreck like you will see at the site I am soon going to ask you to visit. Then you start raising grass. Then you start figuring out where you will get the feed. How much the feed will cost you. How much you going to spend getting that feed to your animals. And the beat goes on. The advice folks here are giving you about doing some research is truly invaluable. Go to this thread: [url=http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49675]viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49675[/url] Then: Get past all the bickering and remember this guy lives in a place that grass LOVES to grow - you have to work at it in your area. Then think about your situation. That animal was allowed to get pretty bad - any cattleman raising animlas can see it right away - you will fight this all the time. Yeah I am negative - but you want it bad enough you will learn first and you will get it going. If you do not, then you will start in - hurt your bank account, hurt your animals and talk about how good your beef tastes - even if it is schitzen - because you are a cattle rancher! Go slow and do nothing for a year but learn. Or spend and regret - the choice in the end is up to you. Good luck Bez+ [/QUOTE]
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