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1/26/2021 6:41am
1/26/2021 6:41am
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4/27/2021 1:02pm
I close this week on 13 acres and while we were at the property with our realtor for the first time we were walking around and all of a sudden about 15 cows and bulls stood up out of the tall grass. We didn't even know they were in there as the owners live a few hours away and it was just us. We were a good ways from the fence separating the house and pasture. Thinking about the headline of the idiot family run down by bulls we slowly made our way back while they followed except a giant Braman bull who was the farthest away but seemed most interested and he b lined straight to us. We were safe behind the fence when they all came over and we hugged all over the bull but the rest stayed about 20 feet back. The bull was like a puppy dog andraised by 4H kids, I jokingly said the bull stays or no deal. Well I didn't even realize until 2 weeks in they actually wrote it in the contract as it was the only one they owned and the rest were just leasing pasture. Well they removed all the others and Bill our bull has been alone for a week. The neighboring 5 acres wasn't for sale but I made an offer they couldn't refuse so I close on that one the 29th and they left a dairy cow in there who sleeps next to the fence next to the bull so he is not completely alone. I am looking for a few heifers for him and want to name them Dow and Jonsey. I want to get the pasture in better shape for grazing. its a lot of weeds and hitch hiker like bushes. There is areas of good feed grass but I want to make it perfect for them. I could put them in the new 5 acres and weed and feed and till the pasture. Any tips on how I seed, feed and pesticide it to be safe for feeding? I see perfect fields on YouTube but not a lot of tips on pasture care.
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We weed and feed our coastal pasture every year , and it makes a huge difference.
The stuff they use here is safe, but the guy will be able to tell you all about it.
It costs me about $600.00 for 15 acres.
Bovine are very social creatures, they need friends.
The thing is, you may have to keep the heifers separated from the bull until they are old enough to breed.
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NEWMANN too...
Like Seemefirst said, talk to the local weed and feed guy FOR FARMS, not Truly Nolen
There a local co-op or farm feed place nearby?
Pretend it's a bike shop and start hanging around asking questions
Oh yeah and as sweet as he is, don't ever turn your back on him.
They are also good mowers. I was feeding over a ton of hay every two weeks. My place had a weed problem. Told the herd I wasn't getting them any more alfalfa until the weeds were cleaned up. Couple of days later it was spotless!
Probably a little wiggle room on the price. Even has a dealio to put a couple of rows of corn in...
You can thank me later 👍😉
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Pit Row
I don't know much about brahmas, but I know we had a Holstein that we would climb on and sit on, and then over night he turned mean.
You should always consider them dangerous.
Believe it or not, that big bull is more scared of me, then I am of him, he knows what I am. Everything he does is out of self-defense, he's trying to not get eaten.
Anything with “Spots” be extremely wary of.
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