Been watching these boards for a few years now so I thought I'd join and introduce myself. My family has always raised cattle. Grandfather and Father built up a pretty large herd of Herford's in the 70's and 80's. Fences were in bad shape and when Hurricane Hugo centered us in '89 it destroyed all the fences that were left. By the end of the year we had caught all of them and were out of the cattle business. 8 years later, I was a freshman in high school when i decided to start rebuilding fences. Worked after school and weekends fixing fence. Pastures didn't need much work, they had been kept up pretty well. Bought 3 steers, sold them. Bought 8 Heifers, sold them. Bought 12 heifers, kept them. That was the start of my herd. Since then, my father has gone in halves with me. We've built some new pastures, raised and bought some cattle, and have gotten our family back in the cattle business. We run angus based commercial cattle, bred to angus and balancer bulls. Nothing fancy, just cows that have calves.
Here's some pics from around the farm. Before you say anything, this has been the WETTEST winter in over 30 years. The mud is awful (ground here doesn't freeze) and some parts of the pastures look like swamps. Just something we have to deal with. I reckon its part of His plan.
Grass has held on well on the hills
Cows and calves behind the barn
Ditches are running hard
Obviously not concerned about privacy
Replacements hiding in the woods
There's one that came out for a photo
No horses here, but I do have a pony like Soapweed. Told you it was wet!
Cows have just started calving. Most will freshen in March.
Cows are eating about 5 lbs. of hay. They get the rest from grass. We usually roll it out but its too wet to cross the pastures right now.
This is for all you deep south boys and girls. My one and only Brangus cow. Ugly as sin (not because she's Brangus, just this one in particular), terrible bag (don't keep anything from her), raises a big calf every year, and mean as a snake. Her calf is never gets tagged. There will be a lot of dogs and coyotes rejoicing when this old cow dies, and thats the reason she stays.
Some heifers that are expecting their first calf soon
A two year old Balancer bull enjoying his time off. Rye grass is starting to come on pretty good
Here's some pics from around the farm. Before you say anything, this has been the WETTEST winter in over 30 years. The mud is awful (ground here doesn't freeze) and some parts of the pastures look like swamps. Just something we have to deal with. I reckon its part of His plan.
Grass has held on well on the hills
Cows and calves behind the barn
Ditches are running hard
Obviously not concerned about privacy
Replacements hiding in the woods
There's one that came out for a photo
No horses here, but I do have a pony like Soapweed. Told you it was wet!
Cows have just started calving. Most will freshen in March.
Cows are eating about 5 lbs. of hay. They get the rest from grass. We usually roll it out but its too wet to cross the pastures right now.
This is for all you deep south boys and girls. My one and only Brangus cow. Ugly as sin (not because she's Brangus, just this one in particular), terrible bag (don't keep anything from her), raises a big calf every year, and mean as a snake. Her calf is never gets tagged. There will be a lot of dogs and coyotes rejoicing when this old cow dies, and thats the reason she stays.
Some heifers that are expecting their first calf soon
A two year old Balancer bull enjoying his time off. Rye grass is starting to come on pretty good
). Could use a few fences like that here as well.
You have a nice set up there. You could ship a bunch of that water this way come july and we'd sure appreciate it. Don't be a stranger and pack you camera with ya. Always fun to see how folks ranch. Thanks again!