If the calf acts fine for its original showmen and then blows up when another showmen grabs ahold that shows how much that calf has been worked with since it is a single person calf, however if the showmens calf is blowing up the whole time then i think they should be discounted nothing rubs an...
My main concern with that ration is you have nothing in there that is going to help him fill out you really need to get some beet pulp or cottenseed hulls in your ration and as a more cost effective way to add protien add some soy hulls to his diet
I would advise talking to your fellow exhibitors at state fair and try and get a plus show as long as you have the numbers its would be relativly easy to get a plus show next year :)
Alright get back to discussing the bull harsh words are always going to come up on a discussion board even if they are un-needed... I have to laugh at the fact that this picture was taken at my county fair the one yr i skipped the show how did this bull place there ?
The top price on these puppies is $600 and its Very reasonable to a good working home... These dogs will be flat amazing working cattle and anything you need worked just had their mom who has no herding training get my whole herd of goats in last night with minimal assistance from me added some...
Your biggest concern with showing goats is not them going off feed but more so them getting urinary calculi. This is the main killer of wethers every where but can be avoided by a good balanced feed with appropriate ammount of ammonium chloride in it. We feed our goats just a basic complete...
The thing that will throw her out of show heifer contention is if she can dry up and maintain condition till July... but most likely you will just have to turn her out and rebreed her when her next cycle comes and make sure that she is clean and not dirty from having aborted a calf.. We had a...
We raised registered Gelbviehs and havent ever bought a purebred gelbvieh female everything on the farm has been raised up from holstien angus cross heifers to purebred status by select AI over the past 22 years. Well yesterday we finally had our first cow 20 years later have a calf that showed...
After lots of waiting our Aussie came a week early and had 12 puppies yesterday! we figured she was done with 6 then went and checked an hour later and their was 6 more wigglers... luckily everyone was happy healthy and fat feel bad for our poor girl as this is her first litter we knew she...
We are taking reservations for Aussie pups at this time. These pups are sired by one of the top working males in the nation SPCH WTCH ATCH-II OTCH Certik-Bertik RTDcs UDX TD RN RS-E-SP JS-E-SP GS-E-SP MAD AA AJ AG AR AS EJC ERC EGC DNA-CP.... As you can tell he is quite a accomplished dog and...
I see that their has now been a sheep forum added so was kinda wondering can their possibly be a goat forum to ? Goats have become a very popular species to show here recently soo maybe a forum for them would be a good thing