Recent content by cornershack

when my kids first started showing pigs we had several that were not going to make weight.  we fed them ice cream for several weeks talk about gain. pure fat. they would stand and lick the pans clean. after they started to gain we weaned them off the ice cream and upped the exercise, ended up...

most females purchased open or not are intended to be bred at some time and many breeders have an understanding that they will be able to produce offspring.  am i wong? 

sullivans shampoos do the same blue---- purple nott cool it takes a while to grow out.

daughter had a white steer last year, keep the pen clean first, not always easy, but oxy clean and also baking soda detergent- peroxide paste use gloves strips the oil out of your hands then condition him/her.

a neighbor raises white tail those look like one of his two year olds. didn't think they get that big in Wisconsin. how many people saw that bad boy before season then like a ghost he dissapeared.

Well, Texas111, being a teacher, you of all people should have taken a more diplomatic approach.  it seemed to me that you were being a bit over the top. geeze critisize the mom for her sons actions, i agree he should have looked his best, but far be it for mom to take the final responsibility...

what are you using Loreal? someone at our fair had dyed their black heifers, one took the other just looked grey.

perfect this is just what we all need from time to time.  thanks guys and girls.

DLD she was tied with enough slack that she should have been ok. have hauled quite a few. not as many as some of you guys on here, but never had this issue before.  The last time this guy hauled my elder daughters heifer with an angus steer and another heifer to the fair the first came off the...

i thought "maybe we are all wrong" finish should be firm to the touch not jello to begin with. ? finish too hard that is def a new one!

if yuou don't already have a halter, which i think this is your last year don't go buy  a brand new one. we have several nice rolled black halters leads already short, etc. i'll make you a deal. i may have a brown flat for the steer. not sure if it is still in the tackroom.

go watch a show not many before easten show but watching others you can pick up a lot. my girls have been grand and res showman with all species. beef several times each daughter. maybe you could arange a visit? PM me

my  now 26yo daughters second calf was from a local farmer who raised the previous years res grand. the ffa chapter did not have a scale so we had to haul to the feed mill and back to the farm for the other daughters steer. when we got back the first one was snortin and obviously very upset. he...

thats caledl just plain lucky, and good pre trip prep. maintainence. hope putting it in writing didn't jinx it. and thanks for all the replys pretty much makes up my mind. 

we bought a heatwave this year and the breeder told us upfront it was from a clone