Recent content by Lane

I have to agree with Kato about the how uneven the black cattle can grow out. I buy light weight calves and graze/feed to 8 wt. I used to buy only black cattle (blacks, blk.baldy, blk.motlface with little or no ear) and would always have several short, round calves. The last couple of years we...

I have worked Border Collies for about 30 years and have never had one I couldn't get to work "some". I expect a lot out of my dogs so I usually raise mine from pups, but with that said my current main dog was purchased at one year old and knew nothing, so it can be done. I very much agree that...

Here in south central Louisiana we have a few rattlesnakes, but the water mocassins or "cotton-mouths" are a lot worse. My experience is that most rattlesnakes will try to move away but the mocassins are pretty agressive. They will come to meet you. I had a dog that was snakebit 3 times. The...

Just wondering if the pellets you guys are talking about is the same as what we have available here in Louisiana. We have an aspirated grain screening pellet made from product that comes out of the export elevators. It is about 8% protein, 1.5% fat, 10% fiber and about 8% ash (on an as-fed...

We expect our heifers to calve at 22-24 months so I try to have them weighing about 900-1000# at a year old. When we wean in the fall we self-feed all calves (steers & heifers) a high fiber feed until they are marketed (about 800#). The replacement heifers remain on this same feed until bred...

About 17-18 years ago Gary Ericson came to this country to put on a clinic and I saw several of his original Hanging Tree Dogs. He worked all of them with a shock collar and they didn't seem to have much of an "off switch". I sure liked the solid build and short hair, but didn't care too much...

I feel your pain. Here in my part of Louisiana where it usually stays muddy we have not had a rain since April. The temps have remained 100+ for several weeks. Yesterday I actually saw an alligator under a shade tree, guess the shallow water was too hot...