Hobby farm beef cattle setup

Cattle pen set up for small time hobby farm. Keeping the hobby farm from becoming a full time job.

[@barryspaulding4665]

a rely like your setup i milked cows for about 50 years stayed retired for 2 years .and bought some beef calves and now i am working again. good luck!

[@julietmike9136]

good luck to you too!

[@marwy0]

I love what you do and hope to start my own soon :)

[@schmit55]

I am from the suburbs. Just bought 17 acres. Want to get three feeder steer next year. This is the first video I have watched. Thank you.

[@johnnyripple8972]

How’s it going getting things started?

[@schmit55]

@@johnnyripple8972 Good, two steers, rotational grazing, feeding a small amount of grain. They go to processing in August. My approximation is that I might make $300.00 if I sell the beef at $5 a pound in halves/quarters.

[@johnnyripple8972]

@@schmit55 Very cool. I have 10 acres in wine country, would like to add another 10. Raise a few head and grow veg in a nice greenhouse. How much prep did you have to do to get the land ready for grazing?

[@schmit55]

@@johnnyripple8972 it was a field with grasses on it so not many rocks remaining and I had planted deer plots the year before. So I think now I will over-seed it and draw harrow it on the part the cows fertilized over this winter.

[@user-cb7ir6rc1t]

Thank you for your video and help with start up ideas. Stay safe.

[@workhardlivefree3818]

Nice setup. Love the inside of the barn

[@julietmike9136]

Thank you. It was pretty run down when I bought it, but I’m working on getting it dialed in

[@efrainmorales1562]

Great set up!

[@Mountains4ever]

Great video! I can’t wait to own my own farm/ranch someday. Been my dream for as long as I can remember.

[@julietmike9136]

Thanks!

[@landforsalebydannnylanddot8351]

Such a cool video!! Thank you! ~Daniel

[@narcisonieto8034]

Nice setup. Keep up the good work.

[@julietmike9136]

Thanks

[@blake20054]

Loving this set up

[@julietmike9136]

Thanks!

[@stephenpagett2848]

Nice shed!!

[@hueyfarms2342]

Love the set up man. We feed 4 rounds a day to our momma cows

[@otiskamden1757]

Instablaster.

[@biggrantlewis]

Nice setup 👍🏻

[@julietmike9136]

Thank you. It’s a work in progress

[@jamiesmith4892]

Have you thought about splitting your fields up even more? 1/2 acre can do 8-10 individual sections. Then rotate every day. Each sections then only sees cows once every 8-10 days. Then see the results your pasture will become after doing so. Your cattle will loveeeeee it :) great video

[@julietmike9136]

I did think of that and haven't ruled it out completely. At this point I don't want to be moving cows every few days, or moving a fence that opens up more pasture every few days. Sometimes work/life gets hectic and I wouldn't want to miss a rotation or have to keep it managed too precisely. Again, not out of the realm of future possibilities, just not right now. Thanks!

[@christophergrisham5832]

Would love to see more.

[@julietmike9136]

For sure. I get distracted when I’m working.

[@toddcaskey9984]

Good job

[@briand5436]

Aww man I just stepped in cow shit 😂😂😂 dieing 😂😂😂 best part of video 😂😂

[@henryhernandez350]

Love the corral idea. I bought a heifer for my sister to show at the county shows and Houston rodeo, but she’s pretty crazy and has ran through our barbed wire fence twice and escaped into other pastures. Did you use 8ft posts? How deep do you have them in the ground?

[@julietmike9136]

Cattle will do better in pairs (or more) so if there's another one they wont be as inclined to try to get out. I'd put your posts in about 3 feet deep, certainly no less than 2 feet and keep the spacing tight, maybe around 8 feet apart. Height should be 5 feet or more and you can train them to electric, but that wont stop the crazy ones. Think of fencing as "Bull strong, horse high and pig tight" and you will be fine. I wont do crazy or mean cows anymore, they get culled right away because they will spook the rest of them and never seem to really settle down. Cows need to be 'not scared' and have food available for the most part and they wont be too inclined to run through fences that are decent, but they're big dumb animals and most wire fencing is merely a suggestion to them.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

First time watching. Pretty neat set up. Where you located?

[@julietmike9136]

Washington State

[@dannywillix755]

What do you do for warts on a cow and can other cow's catch it

[@justinmortensen2338]

Nice work. What kind of wood chips are those? Hog fuel?

[@julietmike9136]

I use cedar chips, they're a bit smaller than hog fuel and hold up a lot better. Just make sure they're deep enough or they don't bind together well. I try for 8-10" deep and put them down when they have enough time to pack in before winter. It's really wet in this area so if it's a dryer area you'll get away with less.

[@choncoconcos5912]

How many acres and how many cows?

[@lindapath1072]

Cuties

[@andresjackson9367]

One day

[@owenheffernan9355]

I got 2 cows their names is ham and moose

[@alexanderhobbs5963]

How often do you rotate your cattle.on the fields ?

[@julietmike9136]

It all depends on how fast they’re eating it and weather, but generally about a month. It’s better to under graze a field than over graze.

[@TheodenEdnewDoesDnD]

Really Ocho?

[@hudsonlaporte7849]

How does slaughtering cattle work do you slaughter all of them or just the babies?

[@julietmike9136]

Generally I try to bring them to fat weight of about 1100-1200 pounds. That is usually around 18 months at the earliest or 2 years at the latest for age.

[@fatihak9858]

Hello Firstly I wanna learn what is the cost of meat cow if we grown inside and how much can we sell 6-8 months old steers. In short what is the income of meat cow?

[@julietmike9136]

Check out my video on stocking rates, I cover income potential

[@austinahern8010]

what kind of cows do you raise.

[@julietmike9136]

I prefer angus. Right now I’ve got a short horn and three angus. I’ve had a black baldy or black white-face that have been alright. Angus are typically good gainers. Some of them are a little temperamental but I cull them off or butcher them sooner.

[@bradhanson4803]

What state beautiful

[@julietmike9136]

Northwest Washington

[@alirfani4]

What's cattle breeds of them?

[@julietmike9136]

Mostly angus with a bit of simmental and charolais mixed in. The brown/white is a short horn.

[@yukimuratoru]

How much land do you have in total?

[@julietmike9136]

5 acres

[@FarmandRanchHacks]

A cow that’s too friendly can sometimes be an issue. You ever try to train them to be a little skiddish of you?

[@KoreanFarM-bj9cx]

Excuse me. What's your other job?