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<blockquote data-quote="Lon" data-source="post: 822958" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>daily they arent alot of work. 2 steers would be like feeding a dog more or less. what these good poeple here are letting you in on is the fact that if something can go wrong it will. just the way it is with cattle. if it was as easy as let them graze dump some hay and water than everyone would be doing it. thing here is not good fences great fences are a absolute must. exspecially if your going to raise just a couple steers. last i checked nothing runs around a fence looking for weekspots like a yearling will. and trust me if there isnt a weak spot they can make one. like they said dog can get after them and even a hot wire aint gonna hold them. or they will just decide they want grass on the other side and jump u will learn alot with some yearlings. i say if you want to try it out than great i love to see poeple wanting to try cattle out cause i tell you if you enjoy it it will be all you want to do. you have to get experiance some where and maybe the only place is on your farm but i tell you what when them steers get out and they will i hope chasin them back in comes natural cause it isnt a matter of just open a gate and head them in that direction they will cut back and by the time your done you will be cussing and spittin. by all means though dont let any of this discourage you at all if its something you want to do it just reality that if your gonna have some cattle weither its a steer a momma cow or a bucket calf somewhere along the line there is liability (and alot of it in this sue happy world we live in) and more work than let them graze water and put out some mineral. if i was you my first priority would be fence. and once you got that done just plan on it not being good enough some where along the line. next i would honestly start with a bucket calves if you have no experiance just because of the fact that you can halter break it get it good and calm and used to chasing a bucket. this way when something happens you will have 2 of them that know you well and will be calmer when your trying to do something with them. but if ya have experiance with cattle and not just i watched my grandpa but real experiance get yourself couple yearlings put on grass for bit than feed out. but no experiance i would personally start with couple bucket calves than as they grow you will learn that there is more work than just feeding them and some bucket calves from start to finish will give ya some good slow learning experiance. :2cents: :2cents:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lon, post: 822958, member: 16174"] daily they arent alot of work. 2 steers would be like feeding a dog more or less. what these good poeple here are letting you in on is the fact that if something can go wrong it will. just the way it is with cattle. if it was as easy as let them graze dump some hay and water than everyone would be doing it. thing here is not good fences great fences are a absolute must. exspecially if your going to raise just a couple steers. last i checked nothing runs around a fence looking for weekspots like a yearling will. and trust me if there isnt a weak spot they can make one. like they said dog can get after them and even a hot wire aint gonna hold them. or they will just decide they want grass on the other side and jump u will learn alot with some yearlings. i say if you want to try it out than great i love to see poeple wanting to try cattle out cause i tell you if you enjoy it it will be all you want to do. you have to get experiance some where and maybe the only place is on your farm but i tell you what when them steers get out and they will i hope chasin them back in comes natural cause it isnt a matter of just open a gate and head them in that direction they will cut back and by the time your done you will be cussing and spittin. by all means though dont let any of this discourage you at all if its something you want to do it just reality that if your gonna have some cattle weither its a steer a momma cow or a bucket calf somewhere along the line there is liability (and alot of it in this sue happy world we live in) and more work than let them graze water and put out some mineral. if i was you my first priority would be fence. and once you got that done just plan on it not being good enough some where along the line. next i would honestly start with a bucket calves if you have no experiance just because of the fact that you can halter break it get it good and calm and used to chasing a bucket. this way when something happens you will have 2 of them that know you well and will be calmer when your trying to do something with them. but if ya have experiance with cattle and not just i watched my grandpa but real experiance get yourself couple yearlings put on grass for bit than feed out. but no experiance i would personally start with couple bucket calves than as they grow you will learn that there is more work than just feeding them and some bucket calves from start to finish will give ya some good slow learning experiance. :2cents: :2cents: [/QUOTE]
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