yup. :wink:
In truth, some have very little longhorn in them any more. Maybe 1/8 to 1/4. One is a pinzigauer evidently, as she stays fat year around and raises big ol' calves.
It's surprizing how little angus blood it take to take the horns off at times. For awhile, we dehorned any calf that had horns at branding time. The last few years, there ain't been too many horns to take off. I've been using angus bulls and last year a corrientee ran with them for a time, so who knows what I will get?
Most of the horned cattle were purchased and had been used for roping by someone else, and they got pregnant, so I bought them pretty cheap.The picture of the one by herself, eating with the horsers, is one I bought to rope, last spring. They were pretty small, but one had a calf in January so evidentley one was big enogh to get bred, before I bought them.
They maybe ain't too pretty to most people, but they accomplish what I want. Good lead cattle and they clean up what grass the yearlings leave. This will be the 4th bale I've fed them all winter. Before there has always been enough grass and they get soybean for supplement. Looks like they'll be able to graze again in another day or two. :wink:
