Even though I'd cowched the idea of bringing a parts car to the farm through a poll and they ruminated on it at length, they still were udderly amazed by it's arrival.

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Couldn't help but notice the cows gathered around your new aquisition. Are they Beefmaster? I have a few cattle myself.

Those are Red Brangus. But, there are a couple of wild cards in the herd that look like Gurenseys(sp?) to me. See 'em all here: Berry Hill Farm. Go to the photo gallery.

What are you running?

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If your referring to daily driver, i'ts a 2005 Silverado 3500 Duramax. The MB's are project cars right now. The 420SEL or the 240D will be for my son. If your talking cattle, I've got 1 Beefmaster-Limousine bull, 1 mix field cow red brindle in color, 1 Florida Cracker steer, and 1 year old heifer. Too many goats to count right now. Having babies soon. Want to get rid of cattle I have right now and get 3 good purebred cows. Angus,Beefmaster,Charlois something of that sort. I do like the look of those Brangus.

I was actually referring to your herd but, thanks for the other info anyway.

Those Brangus are good looking, aren't they? We joke about how they always look like they just came from the groomers. FWIW, the cattle in the pictures belong to my neighbor who has a lease to run his herd and take hay off my land. We're gearing up to run a small cow-calf operation on the 100+ acres we bought last year and, while new to the cattle biz, we are learning...sometimes hard, sometimes fast. The '06 plan is to buy a few bred heifers sometime in the next 4 weeks so the calves can go to market before the end of the year and generate some cash flow. The lease works well for us since we're non-resident, at least until we can finish a house up there. Bill is OK with us adding ours to the mix and, is willing to let his bulls service too.

8 little ones here since the first of the year...Bill calves all year. Mild winters, you know.

Beefmaster-Limousin bull? Wow, does that boy have enough Brahaman in him to deal with the heat in Florida? Around central-south Texas, you practically need 25% Brahaman-influence for heat tolerance. But, it's a balancing act since too much Brahaman gets their ears too big. Big ears = frostbitten ears in northern tier feedlots.

I do like the looks of those Limousin but purebreds here almost need airconditioning to make it through the summer.

Haha! You see cows like that around here. Since there aren't any crackers in Texas, Maybe I'll start calling them 'em white trash cows. It's the ones you usually find near mobile homes, right?

I'd like to have some goats but, they will have to wait until we're living full time at Berry Hill so that someone (me) will be around to chase them back inside the fence.

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I'll have to get a picture of the Cracker Cattle for you. Basically a way undersized version of Longhorn. Always skinny. Beef's and Limo's do fairly well here. There are alot of Brahman mix as well. Heat tolerance and size being major factors. I've only got 5 1/2 acres here.

South central TX huh. Ever heard of a small town out there Alba? Near Quitman. My family tree basically crawled out from a rock out there.

Alba is waaay to the north of us; 200something miles.
I'm not convinced that the big ears are such a problem for small producers selling locally. Why would a feedlot operation buy calves in Texas and truck them north or some other far away place? Jeez, they'd shrink so much, nothing would be left at the end of the ride. I honestly think most of our production goes to lots south of here.

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I thought you were joking...never heard of a Cracker till now. The OU Cattle Breeds site has a listing.

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/

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