At the ranch in Texas we keep Longhorn cattle. We like them. They look nice and seem to fit in Texas. And we sell them too so we make some money. Steve, who lives down the road, looks after the cattle when we are not there. From time to time, he ask Steve to take calves to auction or sell the older cows, so we are always making changes to our small herd. If we are not careful, our herd will get too big. Our small ranch will only feed about 10 or 12 head of cattle and as we had a bull and 8 cows, we were always having more calves.
Our bull was getting old, so over a year ago we sold our bull. But we kept having more calves and discovered that one of the 2 steers was only partly steered, so we sold both of the big steers too. Unfortunately, a black bull jumped the fence so we soon had a black bull calf, which does not fit with our herd, so we sold it recently for a good amount of money. We recently sold 3 of our cows to our good friends Joyce and Robbie. They have always kept goats but the wild pigs are killing their baby goats, which is very discouraging, so they too will be in the longhorn cattle business. With the new sales, we are down to 5 cows, all young ones.
Now we are getting ready to buy a bull. Steve has been looking for just the right bull. We are fussy with our bulls. We don't want them to be too aggressive or too big but we do want them to do their job and provide us with more calves. The only way we make money is to sell the calves. Being in the cattle business is fun but I will be happier when we once again have own own bull on our ranch. No black bull will jump the fence when our own bull is protecting his herd. And the cows will be happier too. All will be well on the Double D Ranch when we get our new bull, which should happen soon. We are ready!!
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