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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1810242" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>[USER=43240]@bscattle[/USER] cattle <em>Raising a small herd for beef,</em> I assume you are talking about getting those 3 weanlings and raising them to slaughter size for y'all's freezer. This is very doable for a novice like yourself. If you meant raising these 3 to breeding age, then raising calves off of them to sell, then NO. You can buy and eat a Waygu steak every day for what this wil cost you before you eat the first bite of your own farm raised beef....about 3 years from now. What is on those 10 acres now? You can fence it in, put the calves on it, and then bush hog it after they eat it down a little, depending on the time of year. First thing to buy, while waiting on those 3 to reach weaning age, is a god used tractor with a bushhog, and a post hole auger or post driver. Do your own fence building and bush hogging. Dunno what the grass etc is like in your part of Oklahoma., Down here you can raise 10 easily on 10 acres and there are parts of the country you need 100 acres per head! For sure, though, tell the neighbor to go ahead and make that bull calf a steer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1810242, member: 40587"] [USER=43240]@bscattle[/USER] cattle [I]Raising a small herd for beef,[/I] I assume you are talking about getting those 3 weanlings and raising them to slaughter size for y'all's freezer. This is very doable for a novice like yourself. If you meant raising these 3 to breeding age, then raising calves off of them to sell, then NO. You can buy and eat a Waygu steak every day for what this wil cost you before you eat the first bite of your own farm raised beef....about 3 years from now. What is on those 10 acres now? You can fence it in, put the calves on it, and then bush hog it after they eat it down a little, depending on the time of year. First thing to buy, while waiting on those 3 to reach weaning age, is a god used tractor with a bushhog, and a post hole auger or post driver. Do your own fence building and bush hogging. Dunno what the grass etc is like in your part of Oklahoma., Down here you can raise 10 easily on 10 acres and there are parts of the country you need 100 acres per head! For sure, though, tell the neighbor to go ahead and make that bull calf a steer. [/QUOTE]
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