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[Anon001]

These pics are of my two horses, Bubba and Lillie.

Lillie is mostly Quarter Horse but her mother had a bit of Morgan in her. She turned 5 this last Spring. I've had her since just before she turned 3.

Bubba is a National Show Horse and is naturally gaited. He turned 16 this past Spring. I've had him since he turned 3 in 1996.

Bubba ~ I didn't get a good pic. A bit blurry.
http://cedarshillfarm.com/bhmphotos/0920/bubba.JPG


Lillie
http://cedarshillfarm.com/bhmphotos/0920/lillie.JPG

Yeah.. you can comment on the short tails... a lot of times when calves and horses are together the calves will chew off the long hairs of the tail. Once the new fences are finished, they will be separated from the calves again.

[Anon001]

These pics are my favorite cows. They are all purebred Texas Longhorns. At one time I had 11 of them along with my Herefords. But, these are the only three I have now. They aren't with my Herefords now, but will be.

The yellow one was calved here. She is now 11 years old. The other two are 15 and 16 years old, still conceiving, and still nursing.... even at their age. All of them are gentle enough to walk right up to. The two older ones are as gentle as kittens and will eat from my hand. I've had the Longhorns only since January 1998.

http://cedarshillfarm.com/bhmphotos/0920/101threelonghorns.JPG

http://cedarshillfarm.com/bhmphotos/0920/103yellowlh.JPG

http://cedarshillfarm.com/bhmphotos/0920/102redlh.JPG

[LJH]

Beautiful animals, Paul, your horses and longhorns. Longhorns are my favorite breed of cow, I just love the look of them.

There are a few here and there on ranches in our area, and one red brindle girl in our neighbor's mixed herd. I call her Rose and she's beautiful but I wouldn't advise walking up to pet this one!

[momma_to_seven_chi]

They all look so good. Lillie is especially beautiful.

[nhlivefreeordie]

Very healthy looking animals Paul, you can tell they are well cared for, Lilly reminds me of a horse we had named Maggie, although ours was a little high strung due to it being a thoroughbred it was bought from the track and schooled it up, and within two years she and a girlfriends daughter won NH State Champion Hunter/Jumper.
You obviously care a great deal for your animals.

[Anon001]

Thanks y'all. I try to care for the animals. But one key is that I only keep easy keepers. You'd be surprised how little grain any of them get.

Bubba has the better personality of the two. But, as you can tell, he's middle aged for a horse and Lillie is still young. I think Lillie will end up being a good horse. She turned out much darker and with much better conformation than I ever thought she would.

The only other thing.... yes, I really do have to take care of the animals. Every animal serves a purpose. Without the cattle, my homestead would not be self-sufficient and I would still be having to work away from home. Most stockmen feel that they must take care of the animals if they are his livelihood.

Even the dogs and cats serve a purpose.

Every animal here has his/her job and if they don't, I can't afford to keep them.... except Dog. He earned his retirement and is now blind but does just fine. So, he has a home as long as he lives.

[MissouriFree]

Thanks Paul,,, great Pictures......".Move em on, Head em out" for those of you old enough to remember. They were on the way to Sedalia not far from you Paul.. maybe this are relative. you're a lucky man.

mo

[Cattails]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. I love them all.

My father was a cow man. My estranged husband was a horseman. So I've been around both most all of my life. There were many favorite cows and horses. Wish I had pictures I could post.

You're right about having to take care of your animals if you rely on them for your living. My father did, and it showed when he had a nice herd to be proud of. He is in bad health now and doesn't have them anymore. He always wanted to give each of my boys a cow when they were younger so they might would develop a love for cows like he had but we never had a fenced in place to keep them. I wish we would have tried harder to make that work but hindsight is 20/20.

Oh, and I love the short tails on Lillie and Bubba. :)

[Anon001]

Cattails,

You're right.... Hindsight is 20/20. It is a way of life that I wish I could pass down to someone, but that is highly unlikely since I'm just an old (48) bachelor.

[flatwater]

Paul I can really see the morgan in that one quarter horse of yours. either that or the darker of the two is on steroids. It's funny how the highlander being smaller have horns almost as long as your longhorns.

[Anon001]

Flatwater,

I guess this ol' redhead is having a blond moment. LOL I'm not sure what you mean by "highlander".

[DM]

Hey Paul,

Haven't you ever heard of the Highland breed of cattle? They are a VERY hardy breed that i see small homesteaders around here, raise.

DM

[Anon001]

Hey Paul,

Haven't you ever heard of the Highland breed of cattle? They are a VERY hardy breed that i see small homesteaders around here, raise.

DM

Yeah.... duh, me! LOL I had to go back and read again... I thought he thought that one of mine was a highland.... I see now (after my coffee) that he was only mentioning it as a comparison.

I have a friend with some of the highland cattle, and he gets terrible prices for his calves. The last ones he sold only brought $37.00 per hundred and I sold calves one week after him (last January) and got $111.00 per hundred.

[Kyhome]

Paul Thanks for sharing your pictures they all look like they get the attention needed. Never have been a round either one much growing up in the suburbs. But those long horns sure make me think of all the old Cowboy movies when I was young. Rick

[DM]

Yeah.... duh, me! LOL I had to go back and read again... I thought he thought that one of mine was a highland.... I see now (after my coffee) that he was only mentioning it as a comparison.

I have a friend with some of the highland cattle, and he gets terrible prices for his calves. The last ones he sold only brought $37.00 per hundred and I sold calves one week after him (last January) and got $111.00 per hundred.

Most folks that i know that raise them here, like them because they are hardy, and they prefer the meat. They butcher them for their own use, and don't sell the calves.

DM

[Deberosa]

We have a Highland cattle farm near us - actually bought a quarter of beef from them and they brought their tractor over to rip up some garden space for us. Highland beef is great! And the market is that you can sell a quarter and people can fit it in their freezer. Most people won't buy a whole quarter because of how much it is and you really can't divide it up that easily otherwise.

They can't raise enough of them the demand is so high and they bring a very good price sold direct. They take them to the processor and then the buyer gets the meat from there. They also sell some pieces at the farmer's market near hear and at local stores and restaurants.

Highland cattle are easier on the land too - they aren't as heavy of course. Same as why we had the Dexters. THey have 90 acres so plenty of space but the Highlanders is what is bringing in the profit for them.

Those are beautiful animals by the way! Turns out we have a horse breeder next to us. Those horses are beautiful and they look great galloping across their pasture with their foals.

Debbie