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Silver

Silver

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My favorite saddlehorse and my pet peeve
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mineral feeder
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enjoying the day
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should wean a 700 pounder
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But... we ain't done nothin'..... yet
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a heifer bull, half blonde, half angus
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bad pic of a good bull..... half simmental, half angus
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Good pictures, silver. Do you have any problems with the heifer bull being half Blonde and half Angus, and siring a bigger calf due to the hybrid vigor? The reason I ask, is that quite a few years ago a couple neighbors bought half Longhorn-half Angus bulls to use on their heifers. They had all kinds of troubles, and were wishing they'd either used full blooded Longhorns or purebred Angus. The fact that the bulls were giving too much hybrid vigor is what made the calves very big and hard to deliver.
 
So far no troubles with big calves from our heifer bulls, seems to be working these last few years. I'm not fond of the calves were getting from this one, but not due to the size of calves. We used to run a lot of purebred cattle, and since we have got away from it calving has been consistently easier, in my opinion.
You know, the worst calving wreck we had around here was years ago we grained the heck outa our heifers. By the time they calved, they were over fat. Fat calves from fat heifers, and a bad choice of bulls caused dad and I to do 22 c-sections. Other than learning to be good seamstresses, we took a couple of other valuable lessons from that and have never repeated those mistakes.
 
I like the idea of that mineral feeder, do you have holes drilled in the bottom to let water drain through or do you have much of a problem with water getting in the barrel
 
That's the beauty of it, Team1roper. No water gets in, and they don't get tipped over or spilled.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
And the opening of those (when the wind blows) turns so that it's not facin the wind. Friends of ours have some similar to that and they work well.
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And the barrels are free I just hang them from a tree limb but we got lots of trees....
 
Hey Silver, I'll bet you have no shortage of those poles for your yard fences.

When we moose hunt up in Northern Ontario, I always think of how the stuff that goes to wate in the bush up there could build a dandy yard without too much cost.
 
I agree that in todays market there is not much value to the little guy but in the late 1970s and early 1980s we had several hundred of them - - - the highest I ever got was $28,000.00 for a two year old palamino stud that stood 28" at the withers - - - he went to England.

But the fad ended and I got rid of them all.

A neighbor made good money on pot bellied pigs for about 3 years but I never got into them.
 
Nice pics Silver. That reminds me. A few years ago, "we" had a shetland mare that had a baby after we got home with her. We were going to preg some cows so we had some friends come out to help. One of the friends rides out on his fool proof mare with us. The ponies see all these horses so they came running to see whose on their turf. This fool proof mare thought they were wolves or something, she ran off and I mean ran, about four laps around this 100 acre pasture before she quit. We were of course sitting and watching worried about our friend (when we could control the laughing). :lol:
 
sw said:
Nice pics Silver. That reminds me. A few years ago, "we" had a shetland mare that had a baby after we got home with her. We were going to preg some cows so we had some friends come out to help. One of the friends rides out on his fool proof mare with us. The ponies see all these horses so they came running to see whose on their turf. This fool proof mare thought they were wolves or something, she ran off and I mean ran, about four laps around this 100 acre pasture before she quit. We were of course sitting and watching worried about our friend (when we could control the laughing). :lol:
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WHAT A VISUAL!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Brush Popper said:
Nice pics,calves look good and stout and thick. Really like the mineral feeders, I'll have to try that. Do the cattle rub on them or do they pretty much leave them alone. I bet the pony's the boss of the herd!
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The cattle pretty much leave them alone, they cant hurt them anyway as they just swing around a bit and the cow loses interest.
As for that pony, he is my wife's stud, stands 28" at the withers. I couldn't keep him penned in the yard at home, he kept getting out and heading for the bigger herd of about 30 head. Last time, I couldn't catch him, so I thought "I'll fix you, I'll open the gate to those horses and you can get the stuffing beat outa you and maybe next time you'll stay home!" Well, I let the little bugger in, and danged if he didn't chase those 30 head of horses for 2 full days. Now he's the boss. Guess he showed me. :?
 
ranchwife said:
sw said:
Nice pics Silver. That reminds me. A few years ago, "we" had a shetland mare that had a baby after we got home with her. We were going to preg some cows so we had some friends come out to help. One of the friends rides out on his fool proof mare with us. The ponies see all these horses so they came running to see whose on their turf. This fool proof mare thought they were wolves or something, she ran off and I mean ran, about four laps around this 100 acre pasture before she quit. We were of course sitting and watching worried about our friend (when we could control the laughing). :lol:
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WHAT A VISUAL!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Haha! I can identify too. First time a I rode by them on a horse I started last summer my horse took off on the run, then started bucking while on the dead run. It was nervous for a bit... had to pull a Jinglebob. Wasnt pretty. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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