my sons cow has never liked to be caught once you put a halter on she is a puppy. we usually can just give her a little grain and she will let us put it on.
There are a bunch of different show feeds, any of the would be better than just oats and corn. Our fair is in late Sept. and the steers we are getting already will be weighing 600 lbs. remember he should be getting feed about 3? of his body weight
your weight should be fine just tape him every few weeks, I don't have a scale and we use a tape also, what I like to do is a get real weight on him at weigh in or a jackpot and then tape him right away because each animal is a little diffrent how accurate the tape is. When you get closer to...
We need to plant a few shade trees, I want to make sure they are not poisonous to cattle, also looking for a fast growing tree, and suggestions would be great oh we are on the west coast if that helps
if you are goin to do a raffle 50/50 raffles are great you keep 50% of the money the winner gets 50% then you don't have to worry about putting out more in prizes then you bring in or getting donations
ours is about the same we have clean stall awards that are awarded to the club with the cleanest stalls, but part of it is based on decorations and also educational information, usually we put some facts, bi-products... Our fairs also have themes and some decorate for the theme some clubs...
we use a grower until they are around 850, just be sure you are increasing the amount of feed, to gain you usually want to feed around 2-3% of their body weight. So right now he should be getting at least 15 lbs a day.