Really my son has the cattle and hired a part time cowboy to build fences, ect. Nine cows and one bull have been put on our 50 acres and my husband and I are learning to care for them and the pasture. It is an enormous learning curve and one of the biggest huddles is not being afraid to get out of the truck or kaboda due their size. Last year I did not help other than I learned how to bottle feed two calves and one was taken back to it's mom within a few days.
The first four have just had new calves and love watching them and in fact I almost ran over one while spraying.
Over the last three years, we have tried to clean up the pastures as we are back to back of Kaw Lake in Oklahoma and the land sat unused for seven years and the pasture was a horrible mess with many trees that had to be taken out and ponds dug. They had tried to find time to burn but because of neighbors wasn't possible as yet so I mow and this year finishing up on trying out a soil amendment product but have no idea what to watch for - but will see.
I sure appreciate this site and all the information.
The first four have just had new calves and love watching them and in fact I almost ran over one while spraying.
Over the last three years, we have tried to clean up the pastures as we are back to back of Kaw Lake in Oklahoma and the land sat unused for seven years and the pasture was a horrible mess with many trees that had to be taken out and ponds dug. They had tried to find time to burn but because of neighbors wasn't possible as yet so I mow and this year finishing up on trying out a soil amendment product but have no idea what to watch for - but will see.
I sure appreciate this site and all the information.