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A few weeks back I posted about a fella wanting to buy his hiefers that we bought last fall at an auction from him, back when spring came , but now he wants to pick them because he thinks there may be twins in the bunch (thinking freemartins) Told him I had another guy who would take all and...

Last fall we bought some hiefers to feed over the winter and sell in the spring, hopfully to the replacement market. Before I had them paid for the seller came up and thanked me for buying them and to see him in the spring as he might be interested to buy them back. Now it's nearing the time to...

will they eat wheat straw as good as barley straw?

We have some 650# replacement hiefers. We have some rained on 3rd cut grass/alfalfa not good enough to sell, so my plan is to feed it to these calves. I realize its pretty rich, so want to water it down with straw. We have our own wheat straw, but would we be better feeding barley straw? Or not...

We usually buy hiefers to background and sell in the spring for replacements. Have been feeding alfalfa/grass hay and a little barley to get 1.5- 1.7 # gain. This year with the price of hay being higher, I'm thinking of buying oats and feeding 5#'s either lightly rolled or whole to supliment the...

what do you use to cut the sidewall out of the big tire used for the water tank?