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Very nice! Are ya'll registered longhorn breeders?
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Yes we do breed them. We register the females not the males. Not a big demand for the males so they go off to auction and the females go to Longhorn auctions.
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NEATO! The gf and I are planning to eventually settle down on a farm :D God that looks like heaven right there.
I want alpacas.
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I love being out there! It is so peaceful other than the 100 dogs barking lol! But when they are quiet and you hear the cows in the far field and the roosters crowing... Its great!
Good luck with your dream! I would love to have a place like that as well. This property is the rescues... all the animals except the cows are rescues.
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I love you.
:P
I mean look! LONGHORNS! I love them SO much and when we get a bigger place, we are going to have them. They are the most beautiful cattle ever.
And you have goats! Boers and a nubian? They look so sweet.
I have goats and poultry. I plan on getting guineas eventually. Is it true about them being dumber than rocks? :P
You can see all my critters on my site. I'll be sure to post when our new kids arrive.
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I love you.
:P
I mean look! LONGHORNS! I love them SO much and when we get a bigger place, we are going to have them. They are the most beautiful cattle ever.
And you have goats! Boers and a nubian? They look so sweet.
I have goats and poultry. I plan on getting guineas eventually. Is it true about them being dumber than rocks? :P
You can see all my critters on my site. I'll be sure to post when our new kids arrive.
There only pretty when there rugs!! LOL. I prefer my cattle with big bones, lots of muscle, and lots of hair.
http://topsires.com/bull-pages/heatwave.html
http://topsires.com/bull-pages/radioactive.html
http://www.lautnerfarms.com/bullpages/i-am-legend.html
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I love the longhorns and they are actually very docile. Our bull is like a teddy bear! We do have a couple cows who are the biggest pains in the rear end though. We just have to watch our backs... they will charge you and your truck!
And yes we have goats. I am not sure what the white ones are but the brown one is a Nubian. Her name is Scarlett.
And yes guineas are dumb! We started out with 12 and the one pictured is the only one left. They are good at eating ticks and bugs though! They are good for security as you will know when something changes... someone coming in the drive way, some one walking by, the cows in the wrong field or the pigs playing too rough... well you get the picture..lol.
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Wow those cows dont even look real! They are cute though! Cows are my favorite animals! Our bull is pretty big, he slims down in the winter though.
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My favorite animals also! We show cattle, and I cant get enough of it. The bulls above are very nice bulls, heat wave has sired many majors grand champions.
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My favorite animals also! We show cattle, and I cant get enough of it. The bulls above are very nice bulls, heat wave has sired many majors grand champions.
Thats why they look so pretty!
Our bull is actually a good bull and came from great lines. Also he gives out solid black calves which is a hard find. So far over the years of having him we have had 2 solid black calves. Usually we will have the white/black ones.
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Your other two goats are boers. :)
I want to get some guineas for the tick control as well.
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Wow! Love the longhorns! Not sure my pasture would be up to those beasts though~ my neighbor had his polled cattle (angus X I think) in there last week and they took my fence down for me! Quite the adventure to convince them to go on back in!
Beautiful animals though! Really would love to have some in that front pasture~ but I'm still learning to work with the goats~ not sure I'm up to an animal I can't wrassle to the ground if I have too just yet!
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The horns make everything difficult. Even if they dont mean to if they swing their head back you have to be on guard! And then you cant use a normal head gate to hold them. We have to get a push pen, you get them to walk in and it closes around them so they cant move... horns still stick out. They make vetting real hard!The babies are adorable though with their little devil horns!
I think the goats are harder to keep, at least our castrated males are. We have another goat who is angry!!! He will ram anything and everybody. He is kept with the horses and they keep him in line better than the other goats. He was mean to the mini donkeys so that didnt work either.
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Sounds like you have a rude goat! :P
None of our goats butt people, that gets a quick punishment. They butt each other but that's normal goat dynamics and as soon as they learn their "place" in the herd its all fine. A goat I couldn't teach better would go bye-bye!
I could never imagine goats being harder than cattle! That's including the wild ones I just brought home. Mine are minatures of course, so even being a tiny little woman, I can wrestle them and keep hold of them. They'll be tame in no time though, like my original three.
I hadn't thought about using headgates on longhorns though! I can totally see your point there. I had to build my milkstand with my goat's horns in mind, most dairy goats are disbudded so they don't grow horns, but I personally like horns so all of my goats are horned.
I still love longhorn cattle and always will, my friend has a herd and I love watching them when we stop by there. Maybe someday I'll have the room, time, and money. :)
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Paco is a very rude goat. But he is a rescue and deserved to live with what he went through. We just dont pay much attention to him and always have a pitch fork when we go in his field. I think he is a miniature goat as well. He isnt as big at the 3 pictured. I couldnt find a picture of him to show you.
I love the look of the longhorns. Its very different than other breeds, especially when they are out in the pasture! And believe me they make caring for the dogs hard because you want to watch them and listen to them mooing. Its great!
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That is darn good of you to care for him. In many other situations he would end up in the auction barn. Thumbs up to you!!
