04/08/2025
Raising livestock and farming is not for the faint of heart. You have a lot of reward growing and raising your own animals to feed your family , there is very little profit but can br some if you play your cards right but its something in your blood that keeps you going and its a passion that you have Today was a day of almost total loss and a day that can make you question why you do this in the first place
We were working cows today getting our older calves sorted off and ready to be sold and everything was going great cows were moving along and we were getting them sorted and we were down to the last few when the red cow (pictured) got spooked and took off and tried to jump the cattle guard and obviously didn't make it landing and breaking her front leg completely. $3000 down the drain in about 5 minutes. We had already planned on selling her calf it's one of the older ones and is a beautiful heifer but obviously didn't plan on this.
So needless to say while there is a lot of reward in raising livestock there can also be great loss