Rammy's Ramblings

[greybeard]

Not sure about the account or "seller number" thing at the stockyard. IF you are a buyer, and are unknown, most places will make you provide some sort of bank references etc... I mean if you go in and buy 2,000 or 20,000 worth of animals, they want to make sure they get their money and not a "funny check".
But as a seller, at least here, you do not have to register or anything. You take the animal to the sale. Some places run them across the scales first and you get a weight ticket, some do it as they go into the ring. But, you get a slip/receipt/ SOMETHING that says you brought in this animal. It gets a "back tag" that identifies it or some other marking. They get your name, address, etc. and when the animal gets sold, you will get that check in the mail a few days later with the animals' backtag #, what it weighed and what it brought per pound. Sometimes the "buyer" is listed on the check. Also any fees incurred like: per head commission fee, possibly a "yardage fee" , the beef check off fee, a hauling fee if someone else hauls it in, they often just get their hauling fee right off the top of the check, paid to them directly by the stockyard/sale barn; Then you get a check for the amount of the animal, minus all these fees occurred.

Same here. Anyone can buy but they don't take plastic at the barn I most often go to, (checks or cash) and when you register as a buyer, they will run your check ahead of time to make sure you have a real account at the bank. 'power buyers' like those that are buying loads for the feed yards and packing houses have a different setup.

On the drop off slip, (almost unreadable lot of the time) there is:
sticker # for each animal offloaded and maybe with a one or 3 word description. (red calf...old black cow..lame bull..
Seller's name, address & phone number.
Ones you want palp'd get a different color sticker.

The barn's info is already printed on the ticket.

Commission I accept, but that yardage fee is a racket.

 

[Bruce]

From all that I've read, sheep and cows together work very well, as they each like different parts of the foliage.

You mean the sheep/cattle range wars were for naught??

Would have to build a shelter too, but maybe I can get @Latestarter or @Senile_Texas_Aggie to come up and help.

Given @Latestarter's females are all currently shacking up when it rains UNDER the floor of their unwalled, unroofed shelter, I kinda doubt he has the time to build yours

 

[Rammy]

Thats very true!

 

[Mike CHS]

Id be interested in how that works. Did they just put up electric netting to keep them separated? In the same pasture?

If you are running cattle and sheep together you just use the netting to keep them on whatever grass you want them on or to keep them separated if that's what you want. When I'm rotating sheep I just put up netting adjacent to the portion of pasture they will be coming from and just open a section for them to come through and then close it up. The netting that was used previously gets moved to a new section for use in a few days.

 

[Mike CHS]

If you haven't seen it set up the link is to a how-to on the Premier1 site. I didn't have any of the netting being used when you guys were here unless maybe by the loading chute. We found out unintentionally recently that it will keep chickens out of an area also.

I'm trying to decide if I want to suffer through the Alabama/Tennessee game that starts in a little bit.

https://www.premier1supplies.com/pages/videos.php

 

[Rammy]

I had looked at the fencing when I got chickens because I was looking for something I could move around to rotate. I ended up just using cattle panel with 2 x 4 inch wire on the bottom. Now, tho, I have a permanent fence up with plenty of space. But that fence still could come in handy for other critters for rotation.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Would have to build a shelter too, but maybe I can get @Latestarter or @Senile_Texas_Aggie to come up and help.

Miss @Rammy, I would be glad to help but I fear that you might do like what my dog did one time when I built a doghouse for him. When I finished and brought the house to him, he immediately hiked his leg and peed on it!

 

[Rammy]

Im sure he liked it. It was just his way of saying, "its mine."
You know how dogs are. If I do decide to get some sheep I will probably get that electric fencing and build a hoop house. That way I can move it around with the fence.

 

[Rammy]

So one of the Columbian Wyandottes is displaying very unlady like behavior. I put all the young hens in with the older ones this past weekend since they are about 4 months old and big enough to defend themselves. One of the hens attacks my pants and shoes. I mean she grabs my jeans near the bottom and tugs and pecks. She also pecks my shoes.
Im kinda thinking that maybe this witch isnt a she but a he. It does seem like its wattles and comb are getting color and the other females are still pink. If thats the case, its sunday dinner at some point.

 

[Latestarter]

Time will tell, one way or the other.