Thanks for the kind comments, I truly appreciate them.  There were many days I just wanted to crawl into a hole and never come out.  It seemed like no matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, nothing would go right.  My crappy luck still continues, but as long as the losses stay outdoors, I really have no problems at all  :wink: .

Yes, these coyotes will hunt in packs.  The first morning the coyote assassin showed up, he killed two circling a calf, and saw another one nearby  :twisted: .

The Balancers are a Gelbvieh/Angus cross.  The majority of the cows in this herd are at least 1/4, up to 1/2 Gelbvieh.  These bulls will be bred to these cows.  A more motivated person would probably design a better crossbreeding program, but this is a pretty simple way to do it... especially with my interest level in designing elaborate breeding programs :wink:   .