we have just recently completed our fence on our place here in n texas, a pipe fence with non climb wire to keep our dogs in and most strays out....
so we are now considering buying a few cattle, mainly for pets as i dont see my family ever eating them, and also to keep our land ag exempt....
is there anything special we should know about raising cattle, such as feeding, certain breeds to stay away from, do we really need a good barn or will a 3 sided loafing shed do?
we have pretty good grass now and we are steady fertilizing/cutting it to improve it, and if we need to, the old man across the street will cut/bale it for us for $1 a bale so we hope to do that someday....
so my main question is, what is involved with the feeding process, just let em graze all summer or do we have to supplement in the summertime, and feed em hay / cattle feed in the winter?looking at 5-6 head on 15 acres we have....