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I think if I ranched in a hot place I would keep the cow herd some shade of red and breed them black.

Rope and drag brandings can be real slick, but the key is the crew. I cut bull calves at branding and much prefer the table than kneeling in the dirt. Plus with a table, 2-3 people can get them done and 3-4 people can get it done a little faster.

This set up is hard to beat. Worst job is pushing calves, but it is not hard. Got tired of the sh!t show rope and drag brandings and risk of injuring calves that may be worth several thousand in less than a year.

You already have them cut or banded at birth? We have a table and tip them. Heifers and bull calves left in tact are quick, steers take a little longer.

...a wet spring and it came straight down, not a blizzard. We are at 4800-5000' here, which is low for a lot of Wyoming. Today is a hot wind at 80* and the smooth brome in the old CRP is starting to throw seed heads at 5" tall. Native grasses are going to punt and bolt seed heads real soon if...

I'd love to have about 6" of that. Looks like August around here. All tan with a slight tint of green when it should be bright green.

Thinking way out of the box maybe a heavy single axle where the rear one is and 16" inch rims and run it as a single axle GN. Probably easier to just trade it

Doesn't sound like any of the known defects.

Was 14* last night. Heifer decided to drop her calf 16 days early, but was in a good spot and took care of business. Tiny little thing be lucky to weigh 50#. Hope the rest cook them another week. Mid-40s and windy today and near 60 tomorrow.

They can tank up on alfalfa then the protein should carry them 3-4 days eating old meadow grass. Kind of limit feeding, but over a longer time span and not as good as a few pounds of alfalfa every day and go hustle for the fill.

When we get 60-70* days in March it's occasionally the precursor to a three-day blizzard.

It's been about 7-8 years since we needed steers to be fuzzy. I'm pretty much out of the loop on show cattle.

Stabilized rice bran adds fat to ration and won't burn the hair off if that is what you are asking. Don't go more than about 4-5% of the ration with fat or they will get the squirts. Then use Full Tank or one of the other filler type feeds to belly them down. You might ask on Steer Planet -...

Lick tub plastic has about a million year half life.

85* degrees and I'm done til evening.

Yah mine was plugged in all night and running today, but not very good. Was -17F today. Not sure if trying to gel up or something worse. It had anti gel dope in fuel. Hope it's just a gel problem. Supposed to be +9F tomorrow so will see how it goes.

Thirty-forty below helps you find the weak spots.

I would bet the ratchet thing inside the housing is bent. See if you can unscrew the base where your finger is on the button and see what is hanging up. Then strip the guts out of it or get a new A.I. gun. What is the purpose of the auto lock?

Black hide - should make CAB

It's working it's way down here. Saturday night looking at -20*F. Supposed to be +39*F by Wednesday, but then it might come back. Cowboy Ram probably get it worse than us and it will stay cold longer in the basin.