Three of Our 2007 Longhorn Calves

[Running Arrow Bill]

Here they are. Color anyone? ;-)

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[MikeC]

What kind of de-horner are you gonna use? :lol:

 

[bigbull338]

those are some nice looking calves.got plenty of color to them.

 

[alftn]

Try Black Angus it will take them horns off, and make um black.

 

[Rustler9]

You don't need dehorners or Angus. They look good. I see some early horn growth on the red and white one on the right.

 

[Fred]

Nice looking calves.

 

[Beefy]

they really do come out with horns then.

 

[MountainFarmChar]

Here they are. Color anyone? ;-)

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Looks like some that will pull santa's sleigh someday :lol: .

 

[scoot129]

Very cute love the color.

 

[Alice]

They are beautiful babies, that is for sure. Got mischief written all of them. :lol:

Alice

 

[Joy in Texas]

They are cute as they can be. I think I have a twin to the white one.

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

Try Black Angus it will take them horns off, and make um black.

LOL! However, we've got some solid black ones also. If we took horns off it would cut our selling price about 80% to the Longhorn people...

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

they really do come out with horns then.

Yep! Born with "dime-sized" smooth "buds" maybe 1/8 to 1/4" high. These calves are about 6 weeks old...

 

[alftn]

So let me see, selling horns not beef. Yes I do know that.. why else would you what them if the horns make up 80% of there value.

 

[Bobg]

Good looking calves. Which of your bull are they out of?

Bobg

 

[warpaint]

Nice lookin calves, Bill.

 

[Rustler9]

alftn,
Lots of folks take the horns off but not on registered animals if you plan to sell them as registered. Make sense? Long horns is one of the traits of the breed. There are various lines of Longhorns that were bred for beef as well as some lines that were and are bred to have longer horns. Most animals in this breed today are blends of the various lines, breeders try to combine conformation as well as horn traits. But yes, we want to see early horn growth on the calves. This helps confirm their purebred status. Longhorn crosses may or may not have horns depending on what they are crossed with.

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

Good looking calves. Which of your bull are they out of?

Bobg

The red/white heifer on the left is by Windwalkers Dode, the middle black heifer and the right bull calf are by our Jet Black Phantom. Windwalker is our red/white 27/32 Butler bull with ~75" horn and Phantom is our black Overwhelmer son with ~65" horn.

 

[C HOLLAND]

Bill,,,thanks for sharing the pics,,,,,,it would be a dull world if everything was black and white.

 

[T-Bro]

The one in the middle can qualify for CAB. ;-)
Just kidding, I like those cute Longhorn calves.