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Grazon next is dark from day one.

How do you get the chickens to stay on the bulls back? :)

I'd cut back on the feed

What does their poop look like?

That would make things interesting if it happened going down the highway.

They are. I added them to my trailer i bought last winter, and am not sure I would do it again. The selling point for me was that lumber quality has gotten terrible and they are not not as likely to rot or break like a regular board. They lifetime lugged floors do have gaps between the boards...

My math says you are hitting your 2.5 lb/day target for protein with a little extra. 30 pounds of hay @ 7.5% protein = 2.25 lbs of protein. 4 pounds of feed @ 14% protein = .56 lbs of protein 2.25 + .56 = 2.81 pounds of protein per day

In my opinion she is just hungry. Assuming that hay bale weighs 1200lbs, in a perfect world she is only getting 20lbs of hay and .8lbs of cubes per day. Figure in some cows being more aggressive and others more timid, I would expect the aggressive cattle to maintain and the timid to loose body...

If you have bull and heifer twins, the heifer will usually be sterile. What about the bull? Will he be sterile also, or safe to raise as a bull?

Yes this is what I am talking about. The calf catcher looks nice, but I just din’t see it working in my terrain. A horse sounds good, but I think I’ll take my chances with the mad mommas.

ok, so maybe a dog isn’t a good idea, but it is just a matter of time before a mad brangus momma gets me:D

I u derstand what you are saying and see where it could be an issue, but im in a wide open pasture and the dog would be on the sxs with me until I had the calf caught.

I work calves in the pasture by myself and want a dog to watch my back, for the few seconds I have to take my eyes off of momma. I know nothing about stock dogs being used for anything other than herding or moving stock; so my question is this something dogs are trained for? If so what kind of...

In my opinion the best farmers are the ones who don’t confuse an animals instinct with human emotion.

I have a JD 7210 that developed a lope at idle, which I believed was the engine sucking air into the fuel system. I changed both fuel filterS, and replaced the packing (or whatever you call the rubber seals on the fuel line) from the inlet side of the first fuel filter To the inlet of the lift...