I'm 100% new here, and new to ranching for the most part! Skip to the third paragraph for the short version, or read the entire post for why I joined y'alls forum.
My family just bought an old 186 acre property that used to be a prosperous piece of land with lots of cattle, maze fields, and just before the previous owner past on he was playing around with a small corn field. Since he past (5 years ago) the place has laid dormant and un used, and the fields have not been maintained, the fields have grown up with trash. I know this property all to well because I grew up with it just behind my parents house (they owned until now a 15 acre place no animals just a pretty piece of land with a lot of trees) and I used to help the old guy out on his property from time to time.
Anyways, now my dad and I are excited to get this place back up and going. The barns (2) are still in good shape w/ good cattle chutes. All the fences are good, and there is a water source ( 2 ponds), limited water source but a water source none the less (there is a creek with lots of water in the back, but not fenced in and would be near impossible to fence in given the terrain in the back). We are working with some of our ranching friends along with the previous owners family to get the fields re-planted and get the property ready to have animals on it again.
The reason I am here, is I am seriously limited on knowledge of ranching. The only experience I have with livestock is once in a blue moon I would get asked to help go feed cattle or when I was real young I would help move square hay bails into the barns when they were ready. Other than that I have no experience, don't know much of the terminology nor how to pick animals to put out there. My dad has a little bit more knowledge than me, but I don't think he has a lot. I am 27 and he is 56, and we basically are complete beginners to this and I am hoping to get some help from a forum. I use forums for most of my hobbies in life so why not use them for this?
Anyways, I look forward to posting on here and reading through the threads!
My family just bought an old 186 acre property that used to be a prosperous piece of land with lots of cattle, maze fields, and just before the previous owner past on he was playing around with a small corn field. Since he past (5 years ago) the place has laid dormant and un used, and the fields have not been maintained, the fields have grown up with trash. I know this property all to well because I grew up with it just behind my parents house (they owned until now a 15 acre place no animals just a pretty piece of land with a lot of trees) and I used to help the old guy out on his property from time to time.
Anyways, now my dad and I are excited to get this place back up and going. The barns (2) are still in good shape w/ good cattle chutes. All the fences are good, and there is a water source ( 2 ponds), limited water source but a water source none the less (there is a creek with lots of water in the back, but not fenced in and would be near impossible to fence in given the terrain in the back). We are working with some of our ranching friends along with the previous owners family to get the fields re-planted and get the property ready to have animals on it again.
The reason I am here, is I am seriously limited on knowledge of ranching. The only experience I have with livestock is once in a blue moon I would get asked to help go feed cattle or when I was real young I would help move square hay bails into the barns when they were ready. Other than that I have no experience, don't know much of the terminology nor how to pick animals to put out there. My dad has a little bit more knowledge than me, but I don't think he has a lot. I am 27 and he is 56, and we basically are complete beginners to this and I am hoping to get some help from a forum. I use forums for most of my hobbies in life so why not use them for this?
Anyways, I look forward to posting on here and reading through the threads!