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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
I dont want to wear out my welcome since I am not QP but we raised a couple of calves as well as hogs. Since hogs wouldnt go over well in our current AO I will talk a little about cattle.
First there are cows made for being milked and cows designed for raised for beef. A buddy of mine years ago bought a milk cow to raise as beef. Yes you can eat a milk cow but the return is not like it is on a beef cow for meat. There are other facters. FYI a CA bn. usually has some sort of vet on the TOE if at Bn. level they have them at higher level or at leat should. Recruiting into CA has been difficult at best the last few years. Most of the big army doesent even know what CA is let alone the capabilties and what we can bring to the table. Below is a link I found. Someone can shorten the link for me since I dont know how.
http://74.6.117.48/search/srpcache?e...fImWIsyxIy.w-- |
Brush Okie I'm good with you posting your experiences on raising whatever you have during your life. I want to get the knowledge out for other SF guys that have been coming into SF from Good Ol' Urban USA and not Farmville USA. To everyone else, I welcome your posting on raising live stock and when I get into Farm on a large and small scale I ask you to post. If an ADMIN/MOD feel different please direct fire as needed.
I'm not one to keep knowledge to myself. I don't see knowledge as power I see as something everyone can learn from or gain from.
Yes a big diffence on Beef and Milk Cow. Just becuase you have a MALE bull of a "Milking" breed doesn't make for a good cow for meat. The link is good, I like too that you can download a PDF file for SF guys to take downrange on their ODA External Hard Drive.
I had this emailed to me here on PS.com:
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One of the older, more experienced men always kept at least 1( usually more) Brahma heifer in his herd. They look a bit raggedy, but he said they are better with water consumption (able to store more) They may not produce offspring for the first 2-5 years, but after that he said they will consistently produce a calf every year. (he still has a brahma heifer that he's kept for 24 years)
Another thing he swears is that you should never let chickens get around the hay that is used for the cattle. He said that the chicken shit can be toxic for the cows.
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As far the chicken shit can be toxic for the cows, YES this is one of the main causes of MAD COW Disease. We will cover this in the chicken part of this tread. Chicken can wreak a farm!!