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Question: Hi Eunice- I have a question that came up from a rancher wondering about stockmanship and wolves. I encourage him to re-kindle the herd instinct etc. but a question came up about calving in wolf country. Its fairly normal for a cow to move away from the herd to
I have been working intensively with a group of 4 cows, doing ovum pick up. The cows are in a larger group of about 25. Every time I work with them, I have to gather and sort. I then put my 4 cows through the chute, and perform prep/procedures that
Question: Bud mentioned on several occasions the animal’s desire to circle. Does this occur mainly when the animal is confined or feels unable to escape or would it occur in wide open spaces as well ? Answer: An animal will circle anything it feels uneasy about. In this way, it
Doug Ferguson sent us this story— We repeatedly discuss the benefits of stockmanship. Never in my mind could I ever imagine that I’d be in the situation I was in last week, and my stockmanship skill came in handy. I was driving across Nebraska on I80, going about 80 mph,
The new book, Manual of Stockmanship, is now offered for sale. It has many more elements of stockmanship and grazing lands (and riparian area) management for the range rider over the 2004-150 page book. The 2004 book has undergone substantial expansion to include a great many more details and helpful
[Note from Tina—] As you know, Mom and I kicked “writing the book” into high gear at the beginning of January. We’ve been building time-lines, collecting resources, writing schedules, and recording stories. One of the resources we had was a big envelope of letters Mom had written to our good
I have been following a thread on another e-mail list comparing the mothering rating of the cow that tries to attack anyone who gets close to their new-born calf as opposed to the cow that is OK with this. The consensus seems to be that the mellow cow is not
An email from Steve Cote—I was going through some boxes this week and came across a forgotten old T shirt from 1996 or 7. It has never been worn because it was a special one because of the story behind it. When I was working with the Morgan Creek Grazing
I know Bud’s name means something in livestock circles so just to set the record straight, Bud Williams Stockmanship does NOT endorse the BudFlow tub system.
Hello Eunice, I haven’t talked with you in quite awhile. My name is Kevin Cherpin. I have worked at learning proper stockmanship for years. I was introduced to it in college, and took the course from Richard and Tina about 3 winters ago. I work on a community pasture in
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