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<blockquote data-quote="GiovannaT" data-source="post: 1049199" data-attributes="member: 21061"><p>Hi Folks,</p><p>My name is Giovanna and I live on a 5 acre ranch in northern California. The ranch was originally designed as a horse ranch with 2 pastures, an arena and a functional barn with 3 stalls.</p><p>My question is a neighbor approached me yesterday from across the street and asked me if I'd be willing to board his 4 cows. 3 are heifers and one is a bull. One of the heifers is pregnant and due in November and December. He said he will keep the 1 bull and heifer together and the other 2 separate. He is not planning on milking these cows. The cows are some specialty breed from Canada, but i'm not sure of the name.</p><p>I'm writing to ask for support about a few things. I really don't know much about this subject, but i'd like to help my neighbor out and i have the land to do it. Questions:</p><p>1. How much should i charge him to board his cows on the ranch? He will pay for all their feed and come each day to feed them.</p><p>2. What other things should i consider?</p><p>3. Fencing: My fencing around the property is pretty secure, but some boards are old - how hard are cows on fences? Do they try to get out?</p><p>4. Weather: We are at 3500 ft elevation and it snows here from December to March/April. Can cows stay out in the snow or do they stay in the barn when it snows? </p><p>5. Horseranch: So, like i said, there are 3 horse stalls - would the cows need to be in the stalls at times?</p><p>6. Bees: In one of my pastures, I have a beehive. If the cows are in that pasture, will they disturb the bees? OR will the bees disturb them? I cannot move the beehive now - it has to stay where it is and it is in the middle of the pasture.</p><p>Thanks so much for your help - i'm glad i found this forum!</p><p>Giovanna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GiovannaT, post: 1049199, member: 21061"] Hi Folks, My name is Giovanna and I live on a 5 acre ranch in northern California. The ranch was originally designed as a horse ranch with 2 pastures, an arena and a functional barn with 3 stalls. My question is a neighbor approached me yesterday from across the street and asked me if I'd be willing to board his 4 cows. 3 are heifers and one is a bull. One of the heifers is pregnant and due in November and December. He said he will keep the 1 bull and heifer together and the other 2 separate. He is not planning on milking these cows. The cows are some specialty breed from Canada, but i'm not sure of the name. I'm writing to ask for support about a few things. I really don't know much about this subject, but i'd like to help my neighbor out and i have the land to do it. Questions: 1. How much should i charge him to board his cows on the ranch? He will pay for all their feed and come each day to feed them. 2. What other things should i consider? 3. Fencing: My fencing around the property is pretty secure, but some boards are old - how hard are cows on fences? Do they try to get out? 4. Weather: We are at 3500 ft elevation and it snows here from December to March/April. Can cows stay out in the snow or do they stay in the barn when it snows? 5. Horseranch: So, like i said, there are 3 horse stalls - would the cows need to be in the stalls at times? 6. Bees: In one of my pastures, I have a beehive. If the cows are in that pasture, will they disturb the bees? OR will the bees disturb them? I cannot move the beehive now - it has to stay where it is and it is in the middle of the pasture. Thanks so much for your help - i'm glad i found this forum! Giovanna [/QUOTE]
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