Thought I would use this young bull to add more leg ,longer hair, and save on feed just have to feed willows. Looks like some brahma influence with the hump though might be a drawback.
Might have to get a faster horse though
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Pic from this morning wind took 3 grain augers down one on hood of tractor at my neighbour place
took lots of tin off my roof and plywood of side of my shop when will this crazy winter end?
This winter has been most confusing one week-30 to -40 with snow next week +2 to +4 with rain cut the snow in half this week -30 wind and snow again and I mean SNOW forecast Jan 1-2 is +2 again bad for cattle too found my 3yr purebred shorthorn bull in snow bank this morning couldn't get up drug...
feeding the cows this morning -22c not too bad without the wind cows line up and follow tractor tracks. I have a bush about 1/2 mile where I feed out of north and west wind. Most of the cows are purebred shorthorn just weaned last week.
Just wondering how things are going in southern states is the drought still going on or is there some relief ? See on news that there is some really wicked storms and twisters hope everyone is alright. The weather has been good here in the north just cold last week -38c but has warmed -7 this week.
Went to check my my cows today and a purebred shorthorn cow about 5yrs old was missing her tail it is off at the tail head about 3in left there is no blood just a pink stump.They are cleaning up the sloughs for the last week and I am feeding bales to supplement. Would a poison weed or something...
any one else overrun with these pests? They have cleaned up 1000s of acres of trees this year.Fenceing is a horrible job with these down your neck all day and the webs are like out of a horror show and they are tuff and sticky [/url][/img][/url][/img]
Just thought i would like to hear from the far south whats the weather like there? Heard there was a drought going on and hope it has given some relief to you in the spring.I am from the far north in Alberta Canada[eh] and we are still covered in 2ft of snow in our area calving is just starting...
I joined BIXS an site that lets you get the grades and weights of your beef on the hook at time of processing. The grades of my shorthorns are 20%select 33%aaa and38%aa with a hot weight of 874# for 2011 calves what is the weight of butcher steers and heifers that the buyers are looking for? we...
This is pic of my PB shorthorn bull y5 has some saskvalley pioneer 126 in his breeding he bred 35 cows last year as an yearling and come back to this shape only on hay this winter he is very easy keeper looking forward to see what the calves look like will be soon april 8 calving should start if...
Pic of my shorthorn heifers. purebred and crossbred,have been trying to breed a beefier shorthorn with more of hind 1/4 most of these are getting close to what my goal is i will be AI these and have selected some of the bulls but is hard to get with out sacrificing calving ease have been using...
Got about another 10in this weekend and turned cold -30 last night no calves due for 20 days thank god. pic is my old dodge bale feeding truck dont use it unless the tractor breaks down.
this is the damage to a bag of barley after the elk get at it chased them off the other night counted about 60 proably wasted a1000 bu the cows will not eat it after they poop and pee all over what they dont eat. You cant keep them out once they get started had propane cannons working didnt...
I followed the instructions and it let me upload a picture and posted it I then did everything same and it says picture uploaded sucessfully but it dissapears and i cant find the new picture where does it go? I tryed three times and everytime the pic uploads sucessfully but no pics in my gallery...