larryshoat
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Some steers at feeding time .
Calf barn being set up for next group .
Pic showing how we set up the pens using wire panels and plastic ties .
The boys .
Larry
Mat Man":2kslzbt6 said:Are they Holstien steers.Here in Tn. they are will only bring about .50 cents a pound.
There is no way we can raise them for that.I hope you can get more than that out of them.
KNERSIE":9d466yxo said:How many batches of calves do you raise per year?
Last year we started 3 groups of 120, the most we've started was 800 1 year.
Do they all come from the same source?
No, they come from calf dealers, most of the time from several different states .
How do you sterilise the barn inbetween batches?
We pressure wash everything as clean as we can, then spray everything down with Virkon S and let it dry .
I've done the same thing on a much smaller scale when I just started with cattle, i've just prefered the dairy x beef calves over the straight holsteins and the difference in buying price wasn't that much.
I've contemplated raising dairy heifers or day old ostrich chicks on a contract basis, the heifers are offcourse much lower risk, but also much lower return, but I'd much rather mess with something who's brain isn't at all times half the size of its eye.
RR, he is a golden retreiver crossed with a border collie, and, no they are not good cattle dogs .They give me a lot of moral support though .rockridgecattle":11d16l9t said:very nice set up. Looks like you have put aot of thought into it. I'm interested in the dogs. The blonde one, what breed is he/she? Good cattle dog?
kenny thomas":3uy89nnd said:I now see why you have such good advice on calfhood sickness.
Good looking facilities.
Yes, FarmGirl I do implant steers and that is a hoop building . Oddly with all the wind we've had it is the only building in the farm that has not been damaged by wind .FarmGirl10":23f02k1m said:Random question, do you implant your steers?
iowafarmer":3r2frp7y said:I'm curiouse about the first picture becasuein it looks to be some type of automatic feeder and i was wondering how it works.
Thats weird, ours don't have any damage either, i still can't figure that out.larryshoat":1ixczlgq said:Yes, FarmGirl I do implant steers and that is a hoop building . Oddly with all the wind we've had it is the only building in the farm that has not been damaged by wind .
Larry
FarmGirl10":zm78k51j said:Thats weird, ours don't have any damage either, i still can't figure that out.larryshoat":zm78k51j said:Yes, FarmGirl I do implant steers and that is a hoop building . Oddly with all the wind we've had it is the only building in the farm that has not been damaged by wind .
Larry