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    Vets

    The way I look at it is you use a vet that you are comfortable with. Around here we have two types of vets horse and small animal neither of which know which end of a cow to preg check. As far as traveling hunderds of miles to sell culls or buy bulls I am one of those guys and it is all about...
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    Been Busy

    I'm am glad to see that you are at least hanging the right kind of art work on the wall :D . Looks good
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    F1 cross guess the breeding

    I am running a bunch of waygus for a guy and I am not impressed by the breed in fact they act just like a Holstein travel all over the place and dumb they are scared of their own shadow. I wish your daughter the best of luck with her because I know the Holstein has know maternal instinct and I...
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    Freeze branding questions

    Up high behind the hip bone. I would say that 95% turn out the only time we have trouble reading them is in the winter when they are all haired up other than that you can read them pretty clear
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    Freeze branding questions

    We use five inch brands that are 5/8 wide. We brand our bulls as yearlings with two numbers on the hip and have room for at least one more if not two. As for branding what I have found to work best for us is clip wash with alcohol and hold the brand on the animal for one minute. All we have ever...
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    Freight Costs?

    We have been looking at sending our cull cows to Arizona and been getting pretty much the same price from everyone and that is 4.00 a loaded mile for a 48000 lbs load and 4.10 a loaded mile for a 60000 lbs load we are 600 miles away from fhe kill plant. but everyone I have talked to says that is...
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    what to feed the fall works crew

    You would never catch me serving any thing but beef. That is like going to a chicken farm to process birds and they feed you beef. Got to stick with what you are working is my model besides the cattle are more humble if they smell beef on you breath :wink: any way just busting you chops :lol:
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    For a neighbor, question on harvesting corn

    There is a great article in this months progressive forage grower about grazing standing corn stalks. Might not hurt to read
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    icing on the cake

    Well this has been a rough summer for our valley this year when it comes to lighting. Our ranch has loss two cows and a bull ( different storms ) neighbor had one last week crossing a river and got tagged right in the middle then this morning at 5:50 my neighbor to the east of me lost a barn and...
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    Used hydraulic chute

    Loren was the one that sold us our chute gave us a heck of a good deal because they didn't want to haul the chute back down to the warehouse next time you come up to demo something let me know I am only 15 miles from Lorens house
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    Used hydraulic chute

    Loren was the one that sold us our chute gave us a heck of a good deal because they didn't want to haul the chute back down to the warehouse next time you come up to demo something let me know I am only 15 miles from Lorens house
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    Horses and hurts

    Isn't it hell to get old :D hope you heal up fast broken ribs are the worst thing to break. I do have one question though did you get back on and finish sorting or did you tap out.
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    Chevrolet rebuttal to the God made a farmer ad?

    Come on at least give them some credit a Holstein is the on type of cow that is dumb enough to lay on a bridge in the rain and freeze to death :D
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    only one lamb ate

    I guess I know where me and my buddies are headed this fall with our wolf tags.
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    pink eye

    I need some advice as to what vaccine / medicine I need to get for a herd of cows and their calves with pink eye. You see I am on a good mineral program and I don't have a problem in any of my mature herds it is just in the first calf bunch. I have never had anything like this before and it is...
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    Jackleg Fence

    Around here they are put up for decor and run about $24 a foot and that includes labor but does not include any bush cutting or equipment work.
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    New Chute

    If you get bored or hot come on up we are about an hour away from there. Pm me if you want maybe we can meet and I will see if the desert rat wants to come
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    2007 and later Cummins Owners

    Everything that you said Mustang I have been told as well but I was also fold that as soon as your warranty is up go to a mechanic and have all the filters cut out and that will solve the problem to good luck with the truck and just think it could be worse you could be driving a ford :D
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    'H and Shortgrass

    You asked the wrong Utahn. H lives where it is hotter than hell 8) . As for gods country today is the first day that we have not received any moisture in the month of July . It has been a life saver someone said the other day that we have got almost three inches of rain this month in our area...
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    New Chute

    You won't be disappointed it was the best thing I have ever purchased. What part of Utah were you in? Did H know you were coming after all he is the gate keeper to this drought infested state :D
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