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    to what age do you run your bulls

    I have two hereford bulls one is going on 4 years old the other is going on 5. i don,t keep replacements. is there any scienctific reason . I should cull them. they have one qualilty I really like and thats there payed for. I don,t believe the next ones will be as reasonable as these.
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    hereford bulls...horned or polled

    as far your red calves go this year out of 31 fall calvers we had to 2 red neck calves and thats with 12 baldies in the bunch and 1 set of horns and thats on a red neck calf one sire is horned and I know he breeds more than one cow a year. just something to put under your hat I know your...
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    hereford bulls...horned or polled

    that is something I would like to try in the future F1 bladies crossed back to a gel balancer bull. the heterosis ought to be through the roof but it would have to be a terminal cross I feel.
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    hereford bulls...horned or polled

    we have one polled and one horned . I never thought of it before but the horned bull is a little more aggressive with the cows maybe just by chance . I like the horned herefords better than the polled just seem a little framier . if your using true angus cows with out any simmy or something that...
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    a few chore pictures on a cold morning

    if they had white faces think of all the money you could save on ear tags :D lol
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    Anyone seen the new 3500 dodge?

    I'd stay away from the dodge my dad bought a brand new o8 it has 24000 miles on it the water pump has gone out already it has had three recalls one on the front end and i forget the other 2. the seat had to be replaced twice . he has spent more time driving my 91 gmc 1/2 ton ranch truck with...
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    a few chore pictures on a cold morning

    I'd give it a shot justin. first year we tried herefordbulls the baldie steers avg 72 pounds heavier than the black steers, then you could have some nice baldie heifers .
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    Calf pics

    I think she looks fine I really like her body as long as she travels well . I have a gavel grandson that would cross with her nicely. I really like the other cow I like them really deep bodied cows like that.
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    heifer pairs

    I would like to find some 878 heifers but I'd probaly end up keeping them.
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    any experiance with these bulls

    the only pacesetter I can find by googling is a hereford from the eightys with a +8 birth weight i'm sure he is supposed to be a simmy the heifers are pure simmy.
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    any experiance with these bulls

    sorry about the spelling in the subject
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    any experiance with these bulls

    Look n at some heifers AIed to Dream on ,or pacesetter. didn't know if anybody had calved heifers bred to these bulls and what there expierence was.
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    heifer pairs

    I was wondering about bouncing viruses back an forth between new heifers and my orginal herd scours is my main worry but i think i can pen the heifers and the old cows seperate . I was looking at the april sale from last year and heifer pairs were bringing 1400 to 1475 on about 200 head...
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    heifer pairs

    I had a business question I was thinking of purchasing 20 bred heifers calving them out and selling them in april as pairs. I don't run enough cows to support my family so i work construction during the summer i m layed off in the winter. I built a new calving barn a year ago so i have the...
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    Oct 30 to Nov 3 Cows and Slop

    thats intersting . we don't have trees straight enough around here you can do that with . we have hedge post there crooked but a big one should last 60 years easy
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    Establishing Grass

    I don't know what your natural grasses are up there , or what your precip is there either. we have had better luck seeding are forages in the fall after wheat usally around August but if that isn't a option,this is my opioion. I'd seed timoithy and orchard grass with a little alfalfa. I would...
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    Oct 30 to Nov 3 Cows and Slop

    That sure is some beautiful country you have up there. your calves look really good . I've never heard of snake fence before. do you have alot of it on your outfit.
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    To Buy or retain heifers

    TThc thank you for the rough figures it may help me fill in some blanks I have.
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    Just a few photos

    It always seems the snorty ones raise the best calves , but I'll take a little smaller calf over a hookin any day. where are you in Iowa Sundancer. I'm between burlington and Ft Madison.
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    Just a few photos

    I agree it would surely be a terminal cross.
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