Goodbye Chico!

5/30/10 - The Lord's Day - Morning. Greetings y'all. Well, we found on Friday that Chico had passed all of his tests for travel to his new home in Virginia. On the Sabbath day, our Longhorn friend Frank came by with his trailer and picked up Chico to begin his journey. He will be at a ranch in Dublin, Texas for a week and then he will be heading to Virginia to become the herd sire to a herd of CTLR cattle up there. I have to tell you there were some misty eyes around here as we said goodbye to Chico. He was a favorite of ours, and he will be missed; though we are looking forward to seeing pictures of him at his new home. Godspeed Chico!

We're still waiting on a few more calves to be born. Luciana looks like she is very close, and Bonita looks like she should be within a week or so of calving.

Bulls for Sale

I currently have two beautiful pure Longhorn bulls for sale:

The first is Manolete. Manolete - Manolete is a VERY unique bull. He is just about a year old, out of CTLR registerable cow Bonita and his sire has just recently been chosen to be the herd sire of the State of Texas herd (Trullo). He is a true Grullo bull, which is very rare. He is full gray and white, like his sire Trullo. He is also very gentle.

The second bull is Chico. Chico - Chico is a pure Longhorn about 3 years old. He is a gorgeous bull, mostly white and black, with very good horns. He is out of Holgazan (a registered CTLR cow) and Quitachon, a bull owned by CTLR member Sonny Detmer.

**Update 5/19/10*** Chico has been sold, and is going to become a herd sire in Virginia!

Contact Michael:

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Pure Texas Longhorn Video

A must see video presentation about Pure Texas Longhorn cattle, and the absolute necessity of preserving them:

http://www.texaslonghornconservancy.org/CTLR%20Prom.mov

The CTLC is a very valuable organization, as is the CTLR. It is important for people to understand the difference between Pure Texas Longhorn cattle, which are endangered, and are very valuable for their natural characteristics; and the mongrel, mixed Longhorns being pushed by most "longhorn" registries and sellers. Those mongrels are perfectly fine cattle, but they do not have all the traits and characteristics desired in pure Longhorn cattle. This is especially important for the homesteader, whose life and livelihood could very well depend on these critical traits inherent in pure Longhorns.

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)