Twice the owner has come to retrieve his young bull and twice he has failed to take him home. This does not please us because as the bull calf is young right now, but soon he will get interested in our Longhorn cows. We certainly do not wish to mess up our strain of Longhorn cattle with this nondescript black calf with the white face. More importantly, longhorn cattle have small calves and are born without help from humans. They have been bred to live by themselves out on the pastures and survive the drought and the rains. The Angus cattle at the farm need lots of attention. During calving season, Brian visits the farm at least twice a day and often must assist in the delivery. This black bull with the white face looks more like an Angus than a Longhorn.
We need a cowboy on horseback to round up this bull calf. He jumped the fence into our pasture. Ken and I plus the owner and his grandson tried hard to find him this afternoon. The grandson saw him but the calf ran away. By law, the owner of the bull calf is required to remove the calf from our ranch. But how can you remove him if you can't catch him?
You can imagine the scene. Ken and I driving in the Mule followed by the old man and his grandson in their truck, all pretending to be cowboys. We were quite a sight but we were not successful. It was certainly an entertaining couple of hours.
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