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re: Things are happening at our farm...
Posted on 7/25/17 at 5:18 am to GREENHEAD22
Posted on 7/25/17 at 5:18 am to GREENHEAD22
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you can easily run 30 head in LA. I know some that will run 1 head per acre.
This without buying hay and a good wet spring. BUT, a big sell off in the fall.
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Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:27 am to fishfighter
Biggest problem I see is the land is about 2 hours from me. I don't know how often I can go by and check on them.
There was cattle on the land many many years ago... it's wooded with fresh water and roughly 120 acres are pasture
There was cattle on the land many many years ago... it's wooded with fresh water and roughly 120 acres are pasture
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:37 am to Clyde Tipton
For sure, smaller is better when starting out and getting your wet.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 8:55 am to D.B.Cooper
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Biggest problem I see is the land is about 2 hours from me.
That's a problem. Doable, but it would get old quick and your cows would likely be wild as shite because they would rarely see/interact with any people. You'd need to hire a local hand to check them/fences and be close if they ever get out.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 9:10 am to Clyde Tipton
Move those panels across the blacktop and build a big house in front of that shade tree.
Nice addition.
Nice addition.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 4:38 pm to Clyde Tipton
Always fun when you get new additions.
The catch pen I built earlier inn the spring was a bitch. Ran through 1000 board feet of rough cut oak 1x8x16. Perimeter is 120 x 120 with a top and 2 bottom runs of oak and bull panels in the middle. 16x20 cut pen that necks down to a 12' alley and a half tub swing gate into my alley and chute.
Of course im dealing with beef cattle and not 4 feet of horns
Have 5 calves on the ground right now and more due between now and October. Will be glad once I get all my cows in sync
The catch pen I built earlier inn the spring was a bitch. Ran through 1000 board feet of rough cut oak 1x8x16. Perimeter is 120 x 120 with a top and 2 bottom runs of oak and bull panels in the middle. 16x20 cut pen that necks down to a 12' alley and a half tub swing gate into my alley and chute.
Of course im dealing with beef cattle and not 4 feet of horns
Have 5 calves on the ground right now and more due between now and October. Will be glad once I get all my cows in sync
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 5:53 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Do you eventually slaughter longhorns for beef? I'd assume so I've just never heard of it?
Posted on 7/26/17 at 7:01 pm to Clyde Tipton
tell your brother thank you for his service and god rest his sole
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:35 pm to baldona
The beef quality of longhorns is undesirable. They are mainly pasture ornaments and have a market value for their hides for rugs and such and their skulls / horns for decoration.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 8:50 am to Bossier2323
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tell your brother thank you for his service and god rest his sole
Have an upvote, ya bastard.
As to the question about eating the longhorns, yes, they're edible. Not by me, but most get ground at the end of their life cycle. You aren't going to cut big fine steaks out of them.
As Feliciana said, the hide, skull, and ability to rope them between 6 months and 2+ years old is where any real desirability is.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 8:53 am to Clyde Tipton
I understand not selling them as fine steak, but it's still beef right? I mean is it actually not good like whitetail deer quality or just not great?
Posted on 7/27/17 at 9:10 am to baldona
It's extremely lean.
There is a market for it because a lot of people are looking for hormone free, grass fed beef.
For me personally, I'd prefer a big fat ribeye off of an angus.
There is a market for it because a lot of people are looking for hormone free, grass fed beef.
For me personally, I'd prefer a big fat ribeye off of an angus.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 9:13 am to baldona
Their meat is fine as hamburger. I'm sure steaks can be cut out as decent steaks, but it won't compare to other high quality breeds.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:46 pm to Clyde Tipton
Lol, what animal is a Pot Roast? Chicken, Pork, beef...Pot roast?
Interesting though, yeah I'd honestly think that it would get a ton of publicity right now from healthy eaters and bring top dollar if its really that healthy.
Interesting though, yeah I'd honestly think that it would get a ton of publicity right now from healthy eaters and bring top dollar if its really that healthy.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:00 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:What kind of special alleys do you make to run long horns through it?
The catch pen I built earlier inn the spring was a bitch. Ran through 1000 board feet of rough cut oak 1x8x16. Perimeter is 120 x 120 with a top and 2 bottom runs of oak and bull panels in the middle. 16x20 cut pen that necks down to a 12' alley and a half tub swing gate into my alley and chute.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:10 pm to Geauxtiga
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What kind of special alleys do you make to run long horns through it?
I don't think Feliciana has any longhorns.
If you want to see how mine works check out this video.
Start at 1:40
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:37 pm to Clyde Tipton
Thanks. Never dawned on me to make alleys wider.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:44 pm to Geauxtiga
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make alleys wider.
And squeeze from the side. I have that same tub and squeeze/cage. By the time they realize it's a dead end, they're in the cage.
ETA: The P&C chute in the video is probably the most popular longhorn chute.
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 7/29/17 at 10:18 pm to Clyde Tipton
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I was already there with my trailer so I hung around. The other breeders bought most of the herd, but I held back and kept my powder dry before I fired. I bought what I think was the best one of the bunch.
You're wasting a lot of gas with a truck and a trailer
Posted on 7/30/17 at 4:10 pm to weadjust
that gif is sofa king awesome, but cut off right before it shits all over the car
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