New Longhorns!

5/12/10 - 4th Day - Afternoon. Greetings y'all. Well, it's been quite exciting around here. Our cattle are starting to drop calves, and our herd is increasing! Yesterday, my cow Lucia gave us a new heifer calf which we have named Conchita. I have still not seen Conchita yet, because Lucia has hidden her pretty well, but Mr. Sifford saw her and told me about her.

This morning, while we were trying to separate 3 young bulls that got in with the herd, I came upon Cholula, a young cow who, up until this morning, was a heifer (she had never dropped a calf). Well, lo and behold, there was a youngster next to her. May I present to you my new bull calf Joselito:

Cholula is owned by our friend and brother Stewart Stonger. Stewart bought Cholula last year under a absentee ownership program I offered. I get the first calf, and then Stewart gets the next one.

This next pic is of Luciana, who is a heifer out of Lucia (who, as you just read, dropped her calf yesterday). Luciana is very pregnant, it seems, and we hope (Lord willing) to see her with a calf very soon.

So today I have been busy running around with the cattle, counting cattle, figuring birthdates, etc. on cattle. Here is where I stand on cattle right now (not counting any more expected births):

Pure Longhorn Cattle:

Lucia - Our best heifer producer. Born circa 2005, she has provided me directly with 4 pure Longhorn heifers! Way to go Lucia!

Bonita - Bonita was a young heifer out of Lucia (don't know the age) before we got her. She has had one calf, Manolete the grullo bull, in 2009.

Cholula - Lucia's second heifer calf. 5/24/2007. Cholula belongs to Stewart Stonger.

Luciana - (see picture above) Lucia's third heifer calf out of Trullo (a beautiful grullo bull who is now the Texas State Herd Sire). Fall (October) 2010. (Grullo means "gray" when referring to Longhorn cattle).

Conchita - Lucia's fourth heifer calf out of the great bull Toreo. Born 5/11/2010

Pure Longhorn Bulls

Chico - out of Holga and Quitachon Summer 2007

Manolete - out of Bonita and Trullo 7/27/2009

Joselito - out of Cholula and Toreo 5/12/2010

I also have these non-pure or non-pure Longhorn cattle:

Pita - 1/4 Watusi, Summer 2007

Petra - 1/8 Watusi, Summer 2009

Buelah - Holstein heifer, due to calf sometime soon?!?

Kate - Jersey cow, due to calf in the next 30 days.

Captain - young Jersey Bull

So that is the run-down of the census of my cattle enterprise.

I am going to be selling some of these (primarily bulls and non-Longhorns) if anyone is interested. Also, David and I are looking for some lease land to which we would like to move a portion of our herd (which has grown to large for our ranch). If you know anyone who has some land for lease, or who would like to work with me to get into the Longhorn business very cheaply, let me know.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Michael Bunker (editor (at) lazarusunbound (dot) com)