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"Craigslist here in this area won't let you advertise for meat purposes." Wow! That sounds like a California thing if I've ever heard one! Like no animals had to die for that meat in the supermarkets...smh. I hear ya on it being a pain in the butt trying to line up meat buyers. I especially...

Baymule, your comment is very much appreciated! Nobody takes a job for a pat on the back or show of appreciation. It's people like you that give cops who are on the fence (or worse) about staying in the profession that extra encouragement to weather the storm and continue on IN A PROFESSIONAL...

I'm a cop...I eat criticism for breakfast! :lol:

When I decided to start raising cattle I just wanted it to be a hobby, and I intend to keep it that way! I'm by no means an expert on the subject but I am learning all I can as I go. I'm always willing to take advice from others. I only keep a few and my goal, the thing I get the most...

Well said!

I hear ya! I've been to our local sale barn a few times, swore I'd never buy anything from them...and I haven't! It reminds me of a filthy used car lot, with the fat sweaty, balding salesman in a sweat stained Hawaiian button up shirt buttoned halfway with gold chains and greased back...

Thank you! She's definitely going down the road! If they don't take her this weekend then she's going to the sale barn!

I talked to the buyer tonight, he's coming out this weekend to get her. I said she had to go by the weekend or she was going on craigslist! It's weird cause the nursing yearling was an orphan drafted on to my cow. Her biological daughter born last year could care less and hasn't tried to nurse...

Thats the plan!:drool

Thanks Grant! I think he'd make someone a nice bull if I could find a buyer early enough, otherwise I'll have to steer him. The yearling heifer is going down the road soon enough!

I spoke too soon. Turns out my little "she" is in fact a little "he". The problem I'm having now is the orphan calf that mama raised last year started nursing off of her again! It's really pi**ing me off!! She was supposed to be sold by now but I keep getting the run around from the buyer. Is...

Hello all, Been a while since I've been on here, but I got some goos new! My Hereford mama finally had her calf, a little heifer! This is her 2nd calf. She's a great mom too. As soon as she had her she got right to work and was right up cleaning her off. Calf was up within 20 or 30 minutes...

Thats what I'm hoping to do with him, to let him do his thing on 2 other farms where I know the farmers. I know he won't be mistreated and he'll get to let out his "frustration" and keep busy with the other girls. Then when I bring him back in July I can let him be with his own girls till...

Thank you! It took us 17 hours to get him from hanging beef to packaged beef. Well worth the effort!!

Thank you! Everything is going good. I didnt sell my bull. Right now he's going to work for my cousin then he's going to another guys place for a bit. I'm gonna get him back in july to put him with my girls. While he's gone tho I'm making him his own paddock where him and the steer(s) will...

Well, my first ever bottle calf is finally out of the barn and out with the varsity team! She's doing great and pushes back when the others try to get her out of the bunk! And on another note...I finally got to butcher my steer! My cousin (who is wayyy more experienced in butchering) and I...

Ok great! I got the hanging and cooling down. My cousin and I converted a shipping container into a meat locker to hang pigs and deer in. It's insulated with ridged foam, and cooled by air conditioners haha. It hits the ol light bill pretty hard but works great when the weather is too warm to...

Would you do another cow, or pay the butcher to do it next time?

Anyone on here ever butcher their own cow? If so, did you find that it was worth it to do it yourself or just have a butcher do it and pay the fees? Other than the size factor, how much different is butchering a cow than a pig? I do about a dozen pigs a year and don't find them to be hard to do...

Man....you guys are tough!:D =D