Recent content by S CO rancher

Ten years ago I taught a four day artificial insemination school at Fort Collins. We (total of 4 instructors) had 10 animal science seniors and 15 senior vet students in the class, and 30 ranch students. I learned that teaching a class that size is logistical nightmare, try finding 250 open...

Having just finished my first week at a full time job in town, I can fully identify with his feelings, it is hard not to feel like a complete failure. I am working at the Soil Cconservation Districts and NRCS, one of my 'jobs' is to learn how to map and add soil types to the maps for what I am...

A few years ago there was a study out of Colorado State that said the largest contrubitor to high birth weights was the protein level fed in the second trimester. If you think about the timing of the 'fall flush' that a lot of areas get in the fall or when winter or fall feeding starts, it...

When the recall came out we checked the labels on our jar, and sure enough there was the 2111 code. We looked in at the 10% of the jar left, laughed, and threw away the remainder. I guess since we are exposed to bugs at 20x the limit all the time out with the cattle, we don't think much about...

Having bred cows in well over 100 sets of corrals and the attached chutes, I can tell you that those old style Teco headstalls are some of the worst things to work cattle in around. I have reached the point that if I walk into a place for the first time and they have a Teco chute, I would...

for the support. Yesterday was one of the worst days I have had to live through. Reading your encouraging words last evening made the evening better. Today has also been wrenching because my father's widow insisted on the disbursements today. Not unrealistic, but when she tried to change the...

In my case: Ex rancher ranching. You know what is going to happen, when it is going to happen, and the final consequences of the action. You also know when it is final, you will never again own a piece of land large enough to run a herd of cows. In three hours I go in and sign the final...

In order to make a guaranteed small fortune in ranching, start first with a large one. :lol: The best thing would be to visit a couple of ranches, that way you can get information straight from the rancher's mouth, especially about the area you are writing about. Information from me in...

Thanks Shortgrass for the analogy showing that true freedom lies in choosing to be by the Master's side.

A little more: the boys were not doing anything other than changing a flat tire. The driver of the SUV just was not paying attention. :mad:

T99 To find the contemporaries/herds, look at the bottom of the performance pedigree. There beside every epd column there is one labeled as conts/herds. This will go back 3 generations so you can see trends within that line of cattle. This is available in almost all the breeds that are...

The previous post on EPDs reminded me an an article from cattlenetwork.com that was on a couple of weeks ago. Thought I would post it to stimulate discussion. One question always asked: If you only use proven bulls, how do young ones become proven? I read another article this week that says...

If some EPD numbers catch my eye, I do further research. I look at the accuracy figures, then go deeper and look at the number of offspring, contemporaries, and to me the most important, THE NUMBER OF HERDS. There was a heavily pushed bull about 15 years ago that turned into a milk disaster...

The problem today is that tomorrow comes one day to soon.

Since the calf is a few days old I would look for a navel infection. I had one about 10 years ago that the smell was the first indication of a problem. Of course by that time it was to late. The calf was hard to catch until hours before the end. As far as the tail being chewed off, I have...