Recent content by bjb-iowa

I have put in 4 of the Cobbett waterers. Very few problems. Won't freeze till below zero wind chill with no livestock on them. At 20 below zero you get about an inch of ice to break in the morning. If the sun is out the waterer will stay open all day and melt the ice. Only problem I have...

I have put in 4 of the Cobbett waterers. Very few problems. Won't freeze till below zero wind chill with no livestock on them. At 20 below zero you get about an inch of ice to break in the morning. If the sun is out the waterer will stay open all day and melt the ice. Only problem I have...

Wife and I are headed to Denver next week....I enjoy spending the day (on Tuesday) watching them weigh/check in the Angus pen bulls.... I've picked two very good sires in the past following them back to their pen. Generally spend another afternoon on a "Crown Royal" tour of the yards catching...

This string brought back a lot of memories: My Mother: "If you tell a kid he is no good - He will be.... My Grandfather: I was 7 and lost a feedlot heifers bucket calf. "Son, the only way not to lose one is not to own one.... Other Grandfather: "Never trust a man that tells you how...

Sounds like you were fortunate to save the calf.....A tip for the next one....First, hold the calf up by the hind feet to get drainage out of the mouth and help clear the lungs; Second, tickle the inside of the nostril with a piece of straw or hay....you hope for a "sneezing" effect to help...

The market beef judge at our county fair a year ago made a comment before he selected the Grand Champion Steer. He said that every exhibitor in the ring that day was a winner. They had started and finished a project. The cattle were well broke and had been worked with a lot. As a group they...

I turn 56 on Friday. . ..A long time ago my daddy taught me to be a "cowman" instead of a cowboy. . . He bought 1% of the fat cattle killed in this country for 25 years. I sorted cattle from the Rockies to TN; Tx to Michigan. Led em in the show ring from New York to San Antone. . . Here is...

I second what Soapweed said. . .Keep your cows in the middle of the road. .. .And, I have some experience with carcass cattle. . spent 7 years in a row on the wash rack at Chicago washing carcass steers. . .we won it once. . .And, in 2003 my son won the Carcass Show at the National Junior Angus...

I have a registered Angus heifer calf (born 2.26.07) with the same condition. . maybe we should start a new breed :)

Way we used to and still do on occasion. . . .loop around the neck with a SQUARE knot. . ..bring rope back to right behind front legs and thow over back - bring around under belly. . .and half hitch rope. . .take straight back to flank and repeat (over top -under belly) and half hitch. . ...

I WOULD WONDER IF I WAS GETTING THE SAME CATTLE I BOUGHT.

I have feed trefoil through the mineral for years. . . works best in our country in early spring and late fall. . . Older seed (more hard seed) works the best. I have tried clovers and they do not seem to work as well. I believe the trefoil seed is hard enought to pass through, whereas a lot...

I have grown a great deal of red clover over the years. It is much easier to get a stand than with alfalfa (especially if the soils are a little acid). For a number of years I ran a rotation of corn, oats, clover. I no-tilled the corn in the clover sod. It is easy to kill and very good for...

I've built 10 miles of fence with hedge (osage orange) over the years. A great uncle taught me a great trick to get hedge to hold staples. Peal the bark off of the "backside" of the post . . . meaning the opposite side from the staples. This works exceptionally well if the posts are planted...

I live in and grew up in this area. . . my cousin farms this land. . . i have hunted deer on it. . . the real travisty of this deal is that the lady offered to sell the school enough land for the school. The City (Pleasant Hill) wants to buy the rest for sports fields and housing. . . YES . . i...