Recent content by IstaItan

I think the choice if breeding or not breeding her comes down to personal objectives. If she possesses individual desirable traits, is healthy enough to carry and care for kids, produces healthy kids displaying desirable traits for that farm, and the owner is prepared to appropriately care for...

Pardon my ignrance, but fainting is caused by a myotonic gene mutation... This mutation has been found in other species including humans. In that context, being purebred may actually increase the likelyhood of uncovering a recessive mutation due to selective breeding practices. Am I missing the...

Ok guys. My naughty dude (yearlibg angus bottle bull-yes the nuts are still there, yes I still plan to address that) decided that while we were building up the fencing on the new farm, he would go for a bit of a walkabout... We found him 2 farms down standing next to that neighbor's fence just...

Lol the truck works every day, he makes his living with it. I think he was offended at the thought of the calf violating his poor truck honestly, but I was laughing too hard to discuss it. And yes, a happy bull is bound to be more tasty...it certainly worked on my first hog!

At the very least, he's great comic relief right now (unless you ask my husband, who is still fuming at the violation of his precious truck). Hubby was shoveling manure from the trailer into a low area of the pasture that is alowly being filled in with compost... Ford either became enamored...

Thanks Graybeard! I may try to measure him for curiosity sake when I have a handler that weighs more than 80 pounds. I suspect he will not care too much, but just for GP... I'm certain the combination of his start in life, my abject inexperience, and the fact that I kept him in a smaller pen...

Thank you both! Greybeard, I appreciate the specific details, it helps for future reference. :) Baymule, I'd honestly prefer to AI and not have to screw with having a bull, but wanted to make sure I wasn't discarding the proverbial gift horse. It is of course tough when you're emotionally...

Hi all! I have a silly newby question to ask... For background, I am known among friends and apparently also among my husband's work crew as the pied Piper of broken things. In September, 2017, we got a call from one of hubby's laborers that he had found a calf alone in a ditch. Days later, he...

Hi all! I'm new to the herd... I'm Maria.