Posted by Trevor4440 on March 11, 2015 at 05:07:24 from (184.16.214.228):
In Reply to: thoughts on this posted by blue924.9 on March 10, 2015 at 12:55:29:
You could get a couple feeder calves, maybe 3 would work but no more, and raise them on 3 good pasture acres in the Midwest, if you only put them out there when the time is right. If you have a mud lot at your shed with a tenth of an acre or so for them to move around, and don't pen them individually let them wander around the mud lot freely they will be happier and healthier. Only put them on the big pasture May to October, and take them off if it starts getting too worn out. Might be best to split with a single strand hot wire into 2 1.5 acre halves and switch them each month to keep it in usable shape. Plan on round bales November to April and just a little grain, like a 5 gal. bucket a day then, and a couple cups in the Summer to keep them friendly. If you could get a wagon load of corn fines (screenings) from a local farmer for 1/2 the price of corn you can feed that straight as your grain, and don't worry about the high priced supplement bags. Get them a mineral block and you're good to go. You won't make any money but you shouldn't lose any either if done cheap like I described. You'll have to keep them for a year and half or so to get them fat. The reward is having your own fresh freezer beef for your family, sell the rest as halves and quarters which you will have no trouble finding buyers. Or you could try bottle calves and sell them as 500 lb. feeder calves, once again don't get carried away on the number you get. I don't know much about the bottle calf part but these guys on here could probably tell you if you'd break even or even make a few hundred bucks doing that instead. You'd have a little cow herd on the side which qualifies as a hobby farmer, and gives you something to do in your free time. The right girls appreciate that type of stuff and it looks good on future job applications and just in general.
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