also, ditto to VC about the daily routine. for me personally, however, i would work up to tying for much longer periods because hes going to be standing for anywhere from six to ten hours at a time at a show. i’m not saying you necessarily need to do that daily, but getting him used to longer...
yes!! a showman that asks questions and seeks advice is a showman that wins.
i personally like mixing my own feed.
my steer is on my custom mix of corn, oats, 38% protein dairy mix (builds muscle great), along with beet pulp for filler. pushing corn now that he needs finish, something you can...
my first steer is still my friend! after years of showing together, i decided to keep him.
he is a holstein-jersey cross named Jabes that i bought as a bottle baby. him and two others were the first calves i bought with my own money as a kid. we showed 4H and when i age out instead of selling...
what a handsome boy! i’ve got a few name ideas…
-Xerxes
-Xander (short for alexander)
-Xenon
-Xavi
i hope this helps, and i hope you two do well together! best of luck!!
oh that’s awesome! my family herd is all angus, but i raise charolais, jerseys, and i recently bought one of my parents’ angus cows! how long have you and your family been farming??
that would be amazing, thank you so much! my fair is in three months, and i’m hoping to go to a show at a local cattleman’s association that’s coming up soon, but my mentor is a member, so she has to set that up if that’s the plan. so that one’s still up in the air.
what do you raise?!