Recent content by rain dance

yes a little stiff and sore is different then hardly being able to walk for 5 days . None of the other calves in this group had a problem like he did. Is there any danger in slitting the sack if the band is not tight enough? Also I could not easily get my finger under the band but still was not...

I have a 800 lb Bull I banded 10 days ago that I bought at auction. He swelled up and started walking stiff on the 3rd day. The testicles have stopped swelling and are now shrinking and dying off from gangrene. He was double banded with a California bander, I used two bands to make sure it was...

When smoke colored calfs will sell with angus or do better I dont see the point for my area.

10 ton to the acre is possible with alfalfa.

If it happened a accident is very unlikely. Angus have always have white? I doubt that. Black is so dominant over the white that a Angus Holstein cross is usually close to solid black if not completely black.

Have been told white on the udder and underbelly comes from Angus breeders crossing with Holsteins way back.

Have mixed feelings about him in the first vid.Looks overfed and maybe a little to short from head to tail. I would want to know what his diet was. Seems like he could have alot of power though Looks awesome in the picture. Maybe even close to the ideal bull in my mind. Alot comes back to what...

That reminds me of a pet peeve of mine. Everything is marked gluten free in the grocery stores now and many people are talking about how to find gluten free this or that. Eating gluten free or avoiding foods that a person cannot digest properly is not some fad diet.Some of these people will...

You will not convince anyone you could have the best calves in the world if someone puts in a order for black steers and you have red white faces those order buyers will not bid. A good way to go is get all good hereford cows and get a good black angus bull on them like you where talking about...

Whats the difference between the DMI and the $EN epd? In my mind the dry matter intake should correlate with the EN epd but some bulls have a great $EN but a high dry matter intake.Some have a low dry matter intake but a terrible $EN. The only difference I could think of is that some genetic...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Looked at alot of good bulls. I have a r294 son for a bull right know. He has great growth and health in the calves in my experience. Plan to keep some of his baldy daughters back next year. Have to many cows now that are not solid black to keep him sadly. No...

Yes it would be but I had the opportunity to buy a intact young herd that i really liked for a good price as opposed to buying other peoples throw away cows. Purebred herds are really hard to find here.

"The biggest issues effecting many farmers is crops being rejected because although they may not have sprayed glyphosate in two years the crops still pull up the product into the roots." Thats not how glyphosate works plants dont uptake it through the roots its a contact killer with no...

Sim Angus bulls are very popular here.Some people have recomended a sim angus without me asking. I have not picked out any going through the ring to be honest and its been a while sine I have been to the sales. I will admit I probably have seen some sell but dont have the eye to pick out a 25%...

Im considering using ai for the first time this upcoming breeding season, I really like the pine bank bloodlines and am leaning towards using diamond angus, would like to try some Hereford genetics though on a few of my solid black cows. Trouble is finding any good ones or in my opinion good...