You may want to read up on that long legged short legged thing. I just bought a Dexter out of a long legged cow that does carry the bulldog gene and a short legged bull that doesn't. Most breeders have them blood typed.. thats really the only way to know.
Cow patty and cow chip are regional terms. Depends on where you live.
As for not being able to pick them up.. let them dry.. and you can. roll them over and the underside will dry faster.
cow pies make a great kiln for those of you that do pottery.
There are allot of cows out there broke to ride and I have to dissagree with the statement they are not ment to be ridden.
Cattle were domesticated millions of years before the horse. They were riden millions of years before the horse and used for draft millions of years befor the horse. Cattle...
Personally I love Jerseys (cows) for thier temperment. However after hand milking many, I will never own one EVER. Thier teats are genrally to small and makes hand milking very hard.
If I were to buy a "milk" cow for the farm I would buy Gernsy or Dexter due to temperment and teat size, along...
I think anyone getting any animal for the first time needs to do thier home work and understand what they are getting and what kind of care that animal will need before it EVER comes home. .. that said..
My neighbors have had Dexters for years and I feel in love with them. I play with thier...
Im sorry there is a misunderstanding.. I didn't mean use grain to lead them.. I ment use it to get the halter on. To halter break I normally dally to a post and let them fight it out. They lead pretty well after that. Beef breeds and dairy are not as fast to figure it out as Longhorns...
If they will eat out of your hand, and allow you to pet them.. here is a good way to do it nicely.
Put the halter on yoru wrist, like a bracelett. make sure it is possitioned so that when you slide it up, it is ready to be buckled. You can't mess around with it after you have it on thier nose...
Yes it changes the growth rate. If you think about it, all cattle in the US are slaughtered at or before 18 months, and all feed yard aniamls are casterated. Its not for the hormones as they add those and you get "bullers"
Steers will out grow bulls becoming taller, and grow faster then bulls.
I not only have dogs, but somewhere I have photos of them licking my 8 week old Toy Poodle puppies. My toy Poodles ( have one and one Standard now) used to go out and bring in the bison every night to water. In the winter I hand water, and then dump the tubs. In this way they have to be with me...
Yes.. everyone in the group knows I love and need photos for articles etc and Im a known photo thief.. When they post photos on our yahoo group there is a warning that I will take them for my files and use them for the promotion of riding steers. Those with websites I will link back or if I post...
This wonderful book on Cd has pages that turn just like a real book. It has been called the "bible" for steer care and training by many world over and has sold well world wide.
Chapters include
1) Getting started
2)Picking the perfect steer for you
3) What kind of steer do I want
4) The oxen...
*NOTE* I do want everyone to know that many of the photos I post are photos that members of the IRSA have sent me over the years. They are not me! I live alone, and did have 2 sons that lived here. Rarly is anyone around to take photos of me. The ones I do have were all taken for magizines, or...
That photo was one of the IRSA members in MT. No those fences were not ok.. and she ended up selling Tonka for a few reasons. One she didn't do her home work before getting Tonka. He was an only child and developed behaviour that being with a herd would have taught him NOT to do. by the time she...
If you cross bison with cattle its like crossing a horse with a donkey.. you do get viable offspring however with bison the steril gene is sex linked.. only one of the sexes breed, I beleive the bulls but don't quote me on this. This is why the Beefalo assn has taken so much time to develope...