Good morning!!!!

[farmer2009]

For someone expecting calves in Sept., I think your bull got started a little early??? How many head do you run, and how many calves are you expecting? Why do you go for fall calves instead of spring?

Turned the bull in on December 1. That's a full term of September 18. Only had him a couple of days before I turned him out. This year I expect 13 calves. I started with 17 bought heifers. Because of calving problems I got down to 9. Growing back up to 20. Will have 16 for the bull to breed this December.

I fall calve because of spring prices and weather. It takes a little more to take cows through winter. But by grazing till Christmas I cut a lot of that expense out. I'm calving in 70-80* weather. Spring calving here means late February or March calves. Last year that time period we seen ~36 inches of snow and temps below zero. Know lots of people that lost calves within 24 hours of birth because it was too cold. When the really cold and bad weather hits I have 3 weight calves and they are much less likely to freeze to death.

I also have 5 weights to sell when the grass is growing the strongest. Plus if I decide to background my own then I can on grass and not hay. Besides me and dad split a bull. He spring calve I fall calve. But I was fall calving before we started that.

 

[sodamo]

75°F and .13 inches rain last 24 hours

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[mostly_gas]

Good afternoon all. 73F this morning, 93F Forecast, light winds. got the bike ride done this morning, will get oil filter, serpentine belt, idle pulley and tension pulley for van tomorrow, got to go mow soon. At least wife is up from map so don't have to worry about waking her up .

 

[mostly_gas]

Kyle glad to hear no after effects of the spider bite, would ruin my sleep too.

Don that was a bad wow day ...

Dave1949 come back here we like you

Farmer good luck with your calves, sounds like you have thought about when to calf and experience to back that up

 

[txdon]

Rough Monday Morning


Today was an Ouch Ouch day. Started off with a bad toothache so I woke up early and started to drive to College Station making my dentist appointment on the way - they said they could squeeze me in in an hour and a half and I told them I'm on my way - literally - (75 mile trip) but then about 10 miles from the house my low tire light comes on - the worst time possible, the tooth was hurting really really bad and my stomach was upset from taking aspirin several times, so I took a quick detour and went back about 2 miles to my Dads and grabbed his car and left my truck with the low tire there. I was in the dentist chair from 9am to 11:30am getting a root canal - ow, got back to Dads aired up the tire took off to Bastrop - Discount tire (40 miles the other way) where the tire was not repairable, got new tire, back home at 4:30 and only $185 lighter for the day, had teeth and tire insurance.

Back to bed.

 

[300UGUY]

Wow. Dave1949 was one of the more reasonable folks on here.

 

[KevT]

Thanks Farmer!!! You gave me a lot to think about as far as timing with weather and pastures. I know with the goats, the Buck just runs with the Does and we have kids in Feb. which is our coldest month. And they always seem to have them during a storm or the coldest day of the year, never on a sunny afternoon when it is fun to go out and check on them.

I also thought about your offer on the drawings for a pole barn thinking that drawing them up and making the material list is what I was procrastinating. But then I have to look at myself and realize that it would be something else. Heck, I can't even decide exactly where I want to put it, let alone what I want. :laughing:

When I got home today, I did grab the string trimmer and clean up a path to the workshop. Then I finished the harness racks I started a month ago using wood from the scrap pile.

 

[sseelhoff]

Thanks Farmer!!! You gave me a lot to think about as far as timing with weather and pastures. I know with the goats, the Buck just runs with the Does and we have kids in Feb. which is our coldest month. And they always seem to have them during a storm or the coldest day of the year, never on a sunny afternoon when it is fun to go out and check on them.

I also thought about your offer on the drawings for a pole barn thinking that drawing them up and making the material list is what I was procrastinating. But then I have to look at myself and realize that it would be something else. Heck, I can't even decide exactly where I want to put it, let alone what I want. :laughing:

When I got home today, I did grab the string trimmer and clean up a path to the workshop. Then I finished the harness racks I started a month ago using wood from the scrap pile.

Kev-really like those racks you built. Those would make great saddle racks. Did you get some plans for those, or did you just wing it?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Decided to tackle the little electric issue I wrote about the other day. Made the connection in the basement, turned on the breaker, and it tripped. everything is good up to the 2nd 3 way switch. got a ladder out and pulled the flood light. got 120 v to ground, but not to neutral. Also the breaker did not trip when the fixture was removed, so maybe a bad fixture and a bad neutral. Now I gotta trace the wire from the last 3 way switch to the light. Disconnected the hot wire again until I can get to that. One of my other cfl flood lights has already stopped working after less than 2 yrs. I don't like them anyways, take too long to get bright.

 

[KevT]

Kev-really like those racks you built. Those would make great saddle racks. Did you get some plans for those, or did you just wing it?

PLANS? They make plans for this stuff? :laughing: No, honestly, I just grabbed some scrap wood and laid it out. The larger flat one with the black harness was the first one I made and didn't like how things fit on it, so kinda redesigned the second one. Much better. Saddle rack you say? Are you telling me that they should be up off the ground? Now if I could find the time to construct a Tack Shed to house all this stuff instead of it sitting in my tool shed....

If you need, I will be happy to share the building aspect of it, just let me know. And rest easy, my saddles are on a tiered pipe swing rack (3 of them, and one is on a rebar rack I welded and bolted to the wall)