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my fourth calf was born Saturday morning. A bull calf, and the first calf born to one of my three cows, a four year old, one of the first two I started with. Hopefully I have two more to go. My question is about ear tags. This is the first season I have tagged my calves, just a numbered ID tag...

Third calf born this morning, this is the last of the heifer mommas. Wondering if the three cows were bred later because they had nursing four months old calves when the bull was introduced last summer?

Second calf came this morning. Another heifer calf from one of the first to calf heifers. I am lucky with another new momma. she had her licked dry and up nursing within in 30 mins.

First calf came today. Her momma was from my first calf crop (2 total) born early spring of 22. So this is her first calf, she did well.

one benefit of having only a few cows. They are basically grass feed, but even with good summer grass, I give them a little grain 2X a week. I keep a couple feed troughs in the pasture, that moves when the cows move. I drive the grain out to them in the Polaris side by side. I stay with them...

Yes, I was pretty pleased with that. Worried all day yesterday about how I would get them in the trailer by myself, I walked in with a bucket of grain and all three just followed me in👍🏻

They brought $2.97 per lb.

these guys went to the sale barn this morning , Staunton , VA. Three #1 bulls, weight 1760 lbs. We will see what they bring

I like it,,, if you don’t mind running buy and picking it up, and dropping it off in Virginia…..😀 Seriously, thanks for the link, makes me aware there are options other than just new retail.

I want to thank everyone who took the time to reply and offer advice, I truly appreciate it. I am going to be checking Craig’s list for a used Priefert SO-4. If that doesn’t work out will probably just get a new head gate to mount at the end of the alleyway ( that I have not built yet)

I was looking at Prieferts at my local Co-op last week. They list two models, the SO-1 and the SO-4, but only the S0-1 was in stock. Even looking at Prieferts website I am having trouble seeing what features justify the higher price on the SO-4. If anyone familiar with these could give me some...

Retired at 64 and my wife says let's move to the country, grandkids will love it. Now Five years later, my son and grandkids have moved to California, and I'm a new farmer pushing 70 years old! We have 40 acres in central Va. 20 acres of pasture, 4 acres house, yard, pond and the rest is wooded...