Recent content by redheeler

Thanks for the reply. I didn't know about the cicer milk vetch looks interesting though, do they use it a lot in your area? I worked for an outfit in the early ninties where we put in barley and peas, baled it and fed that winter. Boy with a little ferment it smelled like silage and those cows...

I think it does all right on alkaline soils however in my area we do have some acidic soil also. I wasn't thinking of grazing , The deal is we have some hayfields that were always in alfalfa and brome grass and later alfalfa and indian orchard grass. The orchard grass did all right but the...

Hi everybody, This probably belongs in the crops and forage section but it doe's not look like anybody has posted or visited that board much since September so I'll put it here. I have been reading lately about using crimson clover as a cover crop and for improving soil structure in fields, I...

Yeah, that's what I kinda think also , I don't think the stuff hurt the birds, they were still around . I just think it gave them no incentive anymore to sit on a cows back since there weren't any bugs to be had. As far as seeing cows with birds covering their entire back,, well it's just...

Just a thought , Back when I was about 10 , {early seventies} I remember when every cattle herd in the area used to have an equally large flock of birds always around them they would sit on the cows backs , sometimes from their shoulders all the way to their tail their backs would be black with...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I'm not advocating stuff like this, got two good horses that certainly weren't finished like that. guess my question is really meant to be more history oriented rather than practical training in mind because of the trail drive connection. I'm just trying to learn if...

Just wondering,.. My dad talks about people back when he was a little kid in the early forties breaking horses to rope in a way I never saw before but have heard other older men talk about where they took a young horse and ran a rope through a stout fence to a yearling, tied off to the horn and...

Good evening all, Wondering if anybody has been in this spot before and what could or would be the best way to handle it. About 44 years ago my grandfather passed away and with his death the ranch we have was split up between my father, grandmother, and my granddads brother. My dad and...

Same here in south central mt. No chokecherrys, few to no apples, bears getting into things and places they usually never did before. not usually too concerned with the blacks, have to be cautious though. one that worries me is a big old boar griz that recently showed up, ran the neighbors dog...

Is it just my place or is everybody in south central MT being plagued with with all these damn mice this year, seems like everywhere you look anymore they are everywhere. Packrats too :cry: :frowns:

Just wondering, About how many years do most of you guys keep a cow till she goes down the road, as long as she comes in bred or do you cut off at a specific age? :)

Being a rancher and a westerner who has been also involved in the timber industry in the past I can feel a certain amount of sympathy for this guy but their is a limit, As far as his claims go about grazing on that ground for the last 100 years or so no doubt someone did it, but, I read also...

we were calving during the last below 0 cold snap and managed not to lose any even though they calved outside of a barn, partly on being diligent on checking them and a lot on putting down lots of straw, about a foot and a half of it for bedding, its amazing how even a little straw will go so...

Happy super bowl sunday! Thanks for all the input. When I was around 10 or so my grandfather had a herd of straight Hereford then got in on the Limousine thing about 1972 or so, One cannot blame them at the time for wanting weaning weights up and eliminating some Hereford specific problems given...

Got a question for you commercial guys with mostly angus based cows, has there been any move generally anybody has heard of back toward Hereford bulls? I have been thinking of doing this rather than continuing with pure black in order to get some hybrid vigor in the calves and get some black...