I was struttin' 'round the house bragin' 'bout not havin' but 6 head of cattle to tend to and havin' 3 horses to do it on. My eldest son told his girl friend that I would have the ranch stocked again in 2 weeks. That night I got 2 telephone calls from people wanting to put cattle on me. Tomorrow I get 50 heifers and Sunday I'll get 24 steers. Now I am gettin' calls wantin' to buy my hay. I think I'll just be a cow baby sitter again for a while. May be I can make enough to pay my feed bill at the feed yard. Never worry about pickin' on a Texan. If you don't pick on us we think you are mad. -- RODEO RAMBLINGS

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Date Posted: 12:47:17 06/28/06 Wed
Author: ZD Ranch
Subject: I was struttin' 'round the house bragin' 'bout not havin' but 6 head of cattle to tend to and havin' 3 horses to do it on. My eldest son told his girl friend that I would have the ranch stocked again in 2 weeks. That night I got 2 telephone calls from people wanting to put cattle on me. Tomorrow I get 50 heifers and Sunday I'll get 24 steers. Now I am gettin' calls wantin' to buy my hay. I think I'll just be a cow baby sitter again for a while. May be I can make enough to pay my feed bill at the feed yard. Never worry about pickin' on a Texan. If you don't pick on us we think you are mad.
In reply to: Varmit 's message, "ZD, glad to hear your still alive. Not having a Texan on the board to pick on would be the pits. Since it will be awhile before you have more cattle, guess your going to have to go skydiving to get that adrenaline rush. Let me know what gives you more, stampede or skydiving..... by the way, we have had over 6 inches of rain in the last 4 days, so guess we will have plenty of summer grass now." on 07:35:49 06/28/06 Wed

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Took some calves to the market last week. Had one big one that I just left a bull from last fall. Was gentle acting in the pasture, a braford cross, except when he seen my grandson he would jump up and down and want to play with him. I just take something and chase him off. He was in the pens and was gentle, so I saved him and another one to put on the back of the trailer. After I got them loaded, he kinda came apart in that trailer, hookin at me. Got over to the market and the sale had just started so I had to unload myself. They got long alleyway pens, so unloaded him and the other calf then went inside the trailer real quick to unlock the middle gate. Turned around and here he was coming at me. Barely got outdside the trailer and on top of the pens. Then he stayed under me hookin at me. Anyways, he weighed 670 pounds and brought 84 cents. I thought, I hope somebody bought him for some youth kids to try out as a buckin bull, cause he was pretty athletic. (NT) -- Varmit, 14:02:31 06/28/06 Wed
- That's about what my boys averaged when they got on the truck. In fact, that's why I didn't sell them. I just think they'll bring more than $85 even when the feed lot puts another 500+ pounds on them. That's about what fats are bringin' today and the cost of gain is arround $50 so this deal should work good. We cut some and sent them on the truck 8 days later. Usin' that Newberry knife and Henderson castrating tool is sure the way to go. The knife is so quick that it makes up the extra time that the Henderson tool takes and there is no blood or swelling. I sure would like to know how my old Leroy Brown is doin' in Mississsippi. I sure hope I see him on TV some day. (NT) -- ZD Ranch, 15:17:57 06/28/06 Wed
  - ZD... you could probably easily sell that hay to NM. I use to be told that Arizona did not allow any hay from outside states? What about during a drought? Or do they just plan on irrigation for all there hay? (NT) -- Varmit, 19:45:25 06/28/06 Wed
    - I hardly ever sell any hay. It brings more for me to take customers cows and feed it to them. I can usually buy thin cows in Jan.-Feb and feed up my hay, put out some fertilizer and sell the cows in May when the ryegrass looks like it'll never ru n out and get more for it that way. Easier too. (NT) -- ZD Ranch, 14:24:05 06/29/06 Thu

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