Recent content by HatCreekCattleco

I'm jealous of you guys and your neighbor situations

There is a young man in my area who has a few jersey milk cows solely for grafting cheap orphan calves on to. Pretty good idea I thought if you have a few minutes a day to put to it.

I've been to that point myself before. What's bad is when you get to that point you don't even care about the financial loss part anymore lol

I wouldn't myself, but you certainly can. From the looks of your picture I'd try to take some ear off the calves if those were my cattle.

The Angus calf is a 2 year old he is the new guy. The hereford is a 5 year old he has been excellent for us.

All the barns I've been to, you can't throw a rock without hitting someone wearing a cowboy hat, with a dodge dually a gooseneck trailer with a saddled up horse in the front of it. He would haul those 6 calves cheaper than what the fuel costs just to be able to bring something into the barn. I...

The best advice I could've given the op on this thread, I would've said sell the trailer, spend the money in freestanding drill stem panels and hire someone to haul the calves.

Good point, I never thought about that.

Exactly

I've found I like these type better myself than the type you have to prod and whack to get to move. Once you have you facilities right, all you have to do is show those type a hole, they'll move to it. You just have to have good enough gates and pens to stop them when you shut that hole because...

I've been saying the same thing, with $4,000+ an acre pasture, $60 hay, $15 cubes, $5 T posts, $100 wire.... $1,200 for a calf ain't much money