Recent content by RWT

pasture art is on the way.

Found a heifer and a bred cow I like the looks of. Heifer is 3/4 shorthorn unk other. The bred cow is registered beefmaster bred back to a Waygu bull. Will see how that calf looks to determine how long it stays around.

I am in Round Rock and my place is in Thorndale. Only one neighbor close enough and that I trust to check on them and I am reluctant to ask. Before I bought my place it was "used" by everyone in the neighbor hood as if it were their own. I am trying to keep the traffic down as I have had...

I am only thinking bred cows so I grow the herd as needed. I have considered steers, but my research tells me 4 or 5 of them together and they are not nearly as tame as a cow. I considered some young Corriente as they seem to be popular in my area, smaller and easier to handle. I considered...

Looking for small speckles. If the heat is an issue with shorthorns I may consider a different route. I have to ask a dumb question. How difficult is it on a 2 yr old longhorn cow to have the horns removed? Will this cause he calves to not have horns if from a polled bull? Or is it...

Actually he would work since he has a heart patch on his head similar to my Brittany. I did see a 5 yr old longhorn cross cow that I liked but she had a solid black calf from an angus. I assume at 5 yrs she still has some calves left in her?

I am new here and I need some assistance. I'll outline my situation and what I am looking. New to owning cattle. Been around them most of my life. Worked them for friends, but mainly "hired" help with vaccinating and moving them from pasture to pasture. I understand the difficulty of...