Richard Boatwright She is a daughter of Tanquery and a Cee Bars Badger 71 mare. 

Do you have any suggestions on a good working cow horse stud I could breed a Tanquery Gin mare to? 

Richard Boatwright Thanks for the response. I was mainly just curious about how you sold your horses. I remember seeing a couple of them on your website, but I figured you sold them mainly by word of mouth. 

Richard, where do you normally sell your horses at? 

Richard Boatwright Eastern Oklahoma 

Richard Boatwright I have used a homozygous Black Angus bull with great success.  I experimented with a horned Hereford bull and had success with it too, but around here, black cattle sell higher.  The homozygous bull was the ticket for color even when bred to spotted and white Spanish and Longhorn cattle.  Some of these calves will even come out polled. I think these cattle are good cattle for people who are starting out because they are tough cattle and are significantly cheaper than beef cattle. I agree about the stocker cattle, I know there is a lot of money and opportunity there. I just never have been brave enough to make that change. I need to study it and just give it a try. 

Richard Boatwright I agree 100% that if you can use what Mother Nature has already provided for feed, you are way ahead of the game.  I do rotational grazing now and while it is a lot of moving parts, it has saved a lot of money.  I have been buying old roping cattle and breeding them to a beef bull (I breed my heifers to a Corriente bull for calving ease). Those roping cattle are cheap, easy to handle, will eat anything, are tough as nails, and live a long time. Do you have any input on cow calf operations versus other operations like stockers, etc?

I remember those days when we used to feed the chicken litter mix. Those cattle did love it, but I don’t miss those days at all! 

I know we all live in different regions of the US, but I am curious what you are feeding your horses and cattle to help with the rising costs in your area.  I have been in the cattle business for a long time and have found certain things like buying a grain cart and filling it with feed has saved me money in the long run. It has also cut down on waste and rodent problems. Other things like selecting cattle breeds that are the best for your area has also helped.  For my horses, I feed them 14% cattle creep feed and hay.  Around where I live, creep feed is a lot cheaper than any horse feed on the market, doesn’t have molasses, and keeps my horses really healthy. I learned that from a long time horse breeder who feeds creep to his 70 plus head of horses. Thanks for your time and input! 

I am with Rob on wanting to know your take on how to fix buddy sour horses. There are so many so called trainers online that have solutions that don't work. You have a common sense approach in your training program and I know you have a solution to this.