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My son is 10 years old, and if you look beneath the brim of all his caps you'll find his motto: HARD WORK PAYS OFF.  This last Saturday his hard work indeed paid off, as he drug his eye candy steer into the ring at OYE and walked out with the banner for champion charolais market steer.  This...

Here's a couple pictures of my son's shorthorn.  Let me know what you think.....  he's gonna need some groceries, but we think he might turn into a show calf.

We picked up a steer yesterday for my son, to replace one that went lame.  This sucker is really light.  I can get him finished, because our important shows aren't until the end of February, then OYE in March.  I can make it.... I just want to press him and get him going on his feed, big time. ...

Well it was a bittersweet OYE.  Although our calf went on yet another hunger strike when we got to the fairgrounds, he wound up 3rd out of 13 in class & my daughter showed him liked a grizzled old veteran.  I don't think there's any way I could've been more proud of how she showed.  She...

I know there are people on this site who know how to make a calf look "spot-on" at the appropriate time, most everytime.  I don't know how to do it, and I think that lack of knowledge has cost my little girl at a couple of shows this year.  I know a lot of this type of stuff will come from...

To say that the State fair was another learning experience for me, would be an understatement.  It never ceases to amaze me, that people can have cattle looking that perfectly, at every single show.  It just taught me that I have even more to learn in order to keep my daughter's calf competetive...

I put out a gamecam to see what I could spot on one of my dad's places.  I didn't even have a feeder out or anything, just set it on a trail.  I picked up a few pics of bucks, including one nice 8.  Anybody else getting the itch yet?

I bought some from a local vet this morning and was just wondering if what I paid was in line with what everyone else charges.  If any of yall care to share what you pay for it, I'd appreciate it.

We're rinsing our calves twice everyday right now.  Do we need to be blowing them and hitting them with sheen every time we rinse?

I don't know about all of yall..... but there are times when I wonder if show projects in general are worth all the hassle.  This is our first year showing calves, having shown hogs last year.  I've been spending around 4 hrs a day out there with her 2 calves.  When I get to thinking about all...

I'm gonna take my daughter to a Stierwalt clinic this summer & was looking to see if anyone had ever been to one before.  Are they as good as they're made out to be?  I've been told they're pretty thorough, and very informative.

Praise God, it's finally raining here in Southwest Oklahoma.  We've been in a terrible drought here for several years.  Just last week I had to save 3 catfish from a little mud puddle, in what was formerly a pond at my dad's house.  It's been dry.  Last night it was pouring rain when I went to...

I need a blower.  If anybody has one they'll part with at a reasonable price, please let me know. 

I was out piddling around with my daughter's heifer this afternoon, leading her around & combing her & such.  All of the sudden, she threw her head up & started getting really agitated.  She was dancing around, flapping her tail, and breathing really hard.  I've only been messing with her for a...

Well, my daughter officially has her first calf, a heifer (I think she's a Who Made Who.)  She hasn't named her yet.  My 2 kids got to spend the afternoon today rinsing and blowing out 5 calves for my dad.  They had a ball.  My son (7 yrs old) walked through the door and told my wife that it was...

Well lemme introduce myself.  I live in SW Oklahoma, and my dad has been raising show calves for several years.  I guess he's doing pretty well at it, even though he has a relatively small herd of 30 or so cows.  I was the kid in high school who always wanted to show calves, but we just never...