Recent content by Harris2346

Thank you pdf angus for your comment you are absolutely right I would rather have a steak that has grain fed then grass fed I think there are a lot of people that would agree. I am going to to stay away from raising grass fed beef unless I have someone that wants me to raise one that is grass fed.

I think that’s a good idea i want more gain, and more marbling. And yes it would be a lot easier to buy from a producer then from the sale barn cause I can ask the producer questions, like if they have been vaccinated already and other questions and I would have more time to walk through them...

Farmer Jan that is a great advice and gives me good ideas thank you very much. I will look in to finding some books on raising steers. That was another idea I had was buying the steers at 700 lbs and then finishing them out and selling them so I don’t have to hassle with raising baby calves. And...

Thanks I didn’t know that.

I think that is a really good idea and because me and my buddy would get free hay we would for sure make a really good profit.

Thank you Suzorose I was actually thinking about raising beef heifers instead of dairy heifers. Or another idea I had also would be to raise beef steers and sell them to people so they could butcher them. I know of a lot of people that don’t have property in the country to raise a steer to...

Thank you farmer Jan I have never heard of corid I just looked it up that looks like good stuff. Iam glad you brought up the topic about coccidoisis I have a question about that say for instance instead of using nurse cows to raise the calves and I was going going to feed milk replacer to the...

Because you brought this to my attention about there maybe not being a market for the springer heifers I have been thinking about other ideas to raise cattle. I don’t want to run a dairy I don’t have the money to build a barn, I don’t want to run beef cattle cause I don’t have enough acres of...

No you are fine Jeanne I appreciate everything you have said Iam glad you were honest when I raised calves in high school which was back in 1998 I was making bank off these calves raising them on nurse cows, the number one reason was the dairyman were giving me the bull calves for free and I was...

I have never thought about trying to let the calves just run freely with the cow that is a really good idea and a lot less work I like that, I have always Locked the cow in the lockup’s and brought the calves to her. And I can for sure understand that I need to talk to the dairyman and other...

That’s the way I always did it with my dad when I was younger, but if the calf got sick it took longer to wean it. I know with beef cattle you wait a lot longer to wean to get more gain, but with bottle calves I always thought it was a lot less time.

Ok thank you for your comment that is a really good idea about testing the nurse cows.

Thank you that helps me understand it better about the mlv vaccines and the killed vaccines, trying to understand what vaccines I need to give and when and why is like trying to learn a new language but slowly Iam understanding it. What I have figured out is that the reason that it is so crucial...

Thank you all for the advice I can for sure tell that I need to talk to my vet and get his advice on what vaccinations to give because I can tell that every state has different vaccinations to give. And thank you Jeanne I didn’t know that mlv didn’t need a booster shot I thought that both mlv...

I figured it would be better a week or few weeks before weaning but I wasn’t sure, I haven’t raised cattle in a long time and I can’t remember all this stuff, thank you for your advice any other advice you have is greatly appreciated. And like I said Iam for going to talk to my vet about the...