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    Need an idea of how much he weighs from the pics

    I have to get rid of one of these steers before hunting season opens, or i will not be able to get it in til almost spring. The butcher asked how much he weighs and i haven't got a clue. I know you can measure him but he's just to frisky to get that close up to. Hes the rambunctious one of the 2...
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    kids and calfs

    my 2 calfs are starting to get pretty big.my boys are alittle nervous around them when feeding them.the cows dont realize how big they are compaired to my kids.they like to nudge the boys with there heads ...so i got the kids a couple foam light sabers and told them just give them a smack on...
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    Tlocal TSC MothersDay chick sale

    The local TSC is having a mothersday chick sale....they sellin for $1 each.My wifes comming home with a box full....shes got the chick addiction :lol:
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    wich one to keep?

    ok it's time for me to make dissision on wich calf to keep...i dont have room for the two now that they growing fast..ones going to butcher sooner than the other.i know the holstiens gonna grow bigger but takes longer....the other is jersey holstien cross...he's already bigger than the other and...
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    finally got what i was shooting for.

    got one those hens to go broody...the wife wants to hatch new chicks so i can put a few in freezer...has 15 eggs under her i know not all are gonna hatch...cuz we crazy expieriance getting a hen to go broody...was like all 23 hens started laying in the same box ...day and night was always one...
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    found my number one predator

    the wifes dog got loose yesterday....she ran the cows right thru the fence....spent yesterday and most of today looking for my 2 young calves. finally they were found.wife put the word out to all the neighbors in a 5mile radius. a couple farm hands 2 miles up the road seen em out eating in...
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    barrel belly

    i was told from a friend that my calves had what they use to call barrel belly......what is barrel belly? i was just thinking the were looking fat and healthy
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    loose calf

    Just my first expieriance trying to find clalf in the woods.My oldest boy left the gate open after feeding..Didn't even know they were missing till after the boys got back home from school.found both of them together about 1/4 mile back in the woods behind the house.Man it was rough getting...
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    banding bulls

    got both of the bulls done on monday......hope it allworks well ...now they are ready to get all beefed up....it was easier than i thought it was gonna be my boys said ouch for the cows LOL
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    tossup, bull or steer

    i'm debaiting weather or not to make both those bull calves into steers.....will it change the growth rate or anything?
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    cattle auction

    i finally got to make it to real cattle auction....someone got a real steal.6 young holstein calfs for 50 cent a piece.the full sized cows were going for the kind money you said they are in your areas....they bid by the 100lbs most went from $40 to $65 per 100lbs.....1600lb bull went for $84 per...
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    jersey and holstien cross?

    i had to post a pic of him....i'm still not real sure what breeds he's from.his tongue is black on top but not on the bottom
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    guard bull

    will my beef calf make good prediter deterant for my chickens ......i got them kinda all tied together in a fenced area chicken runs on the side of my bull pen ...and i was thinking leaving the garage door open allnight for the calf.thinking that maybe a coon or something might just walk right...
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    calf with the squirts

    this calf we just is about 3 weeks old and never been on a bottle..he drinks 2 quarts of substitute milk twice a day from a bowl...i have been adding eletralites and vitamines to his milk...my question is how long til i manage to get his poo under control.i know it's not real normal for him to...
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