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Our cows frame went from a 5 to a 7 in two generations. There weight went from 1100-1300 to 1500-1700. Hay consumtion went from 3.5 to 5.7 bales per winter. I should have known better but I kept replacements from High ww & yw big framed bulls. boo boo. Cattle annie needs big cows hillbillys...

Murrary Greys & Angus are simular. Sim"mentals" are not simular to either. hillbilly

You dont want to loop the corner. You couldn't stetch it and tie it off if you looped the corner. Just pull to the corner and tie it off, leave plenty of extra. 2 or 3 ft for a later splice. Pull your top wire first as your corners will move a little. your top wire has the most leverage on your...

Pull the filler plug on your rear end put a cup of automatic transmission fluid in. Drain it next spring and refill with gear oil. hillbilly

Really can't argue with you and wouldn't want to argue with cattle annie, I should be willing to learn but I'm getting old. I consider staw as filler at best. If you have to truck it in and suppliment 90% of your protein and 99% of your energy. Why not buy hay??? Is the differance in price...

Texans observations are sound. You can now buy char bulls that would work in this situation. no waking up in the middle of the night with bad dreams. But, I still consider Char bulls to be terminal sires. I don't want a bunch of 1800# cows that don't give enough milk.....I hate feeding hay and...

Is that in Texas or Canada? Poster is somewhere in between

turn him out. Grind him up. Go back to the show board. hillbilly

You are being awfully quiet about this - cheapest way to go is usually straw if it is close by - vast majority of folks completely ignore this option for some reason - here is the article from Cattleannie - older the straw the better from my experience...

Three way cross limo/braman/goat. sorry...tis the season! hillbilly

that's a big word.

Those are some nice cattle donna. I think it's time to pull that big steer of that young cow. Give her some time to recoop before spring. hillbilly

Not trying to start another crazy limo thread but they do tend to throw solid colored calves, and meaty. You could wind up with a field full of crazy limo crossbreeds with pointy horns! hillbilly

Oceola has a good cow sale last Saturday night of the month 6:00 winter 7:00 summer. Average about 1300 head.

Depending on how cold it is I would say 35 pounds. On cold days maybe up to 55 lbs. Yes they should have free choice minerals year round. The one I feed is a local concocksion with soy bean mill and salt added, 20% protein, self limiting [aprox. 1 lb per day] cost 200.00 per ton. hillbilly

I think she looks great. Now if you could just breed the horns off of them you might have sonething. hillbilly

I agree with the last sentence, assuming his grandads last ten cows are his best. I would build from them. It's not about economics or how fast you can hit a number. It's about building a cow herd. If you buy your replacments you are not building twords something you are just rolling the genetic...

There are bulls of every breed that can fill that bill. Learn to read EPD's and buy a bull that suits you. hillbilly

Good replacements. Good temperment, Good weaning weights, We have fed a few out for personal use buy not much experiance there. mostly sold as feeders. hillbilly

Don't they dock you for ear in Ky??