New CowGirl Employees at The Ranch

by Texas Homesteader ~ 

The drought of 2011 was a hard one on our Texas ranch but somehow we struggled through.  However the subsequent consecutive year of drought in 2012 forced us to sell off some of our hand-picked registered cattle in order to assure there was grazing and water available for our remaining herd.

Thankfully the winter rains came and replenished our ponds. We were able to get through that year by utilizing stocker animals to add to or take off our pastures as the grass came and went during the seasons.

Recently we added new cattle to our herd. #TexasHomesteader

Now it’s time to slowly and cautiously start to replace some of those girls we were forced to sell. We contacted a breeder that we had done business with in the past and made the trip to his ranch to look over his purchase options. Recently we received delivery of five registered Hereford cows and their registered heifer calves. Welcome aboard ladies!

We’ll keep these new girls separated for a short amount of time and make sure they go through our herd health program including immunizations, pouring, ear tags, and documentation. The new heifers will need to take a trip to the vet to receive their calfhood BANGS vaccination. Then at last we’ll be able to mingle our herd together and let them all get to know each other as one big happy Homesteading family.

Recently we added new cattle to our herd. #TexasHomesteader

We’ll still use our temporary stocker program to fully utilize the influx of the grass in the pastures but these Hereford girls will go into our permanent herd, rotating through the pastures to receive the best grass. It feels really good to finally begin our recovery, now we’re still praying for the weather to cooperate!

~TxH~

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3 thoughts on “New CowGirl Employees at The Ranch

  1. Heather May

    Cold in Texas?!?!? I don’t get out of Ohio much so I like to picture Texas as sunny all year long! The cattle are beautiful. I am learning so much through your posts and it makes me want to ave some acreage! As a cild I had pet roosters, chickens, bunnies, goats, and horses. They were each treated just like a domestic pet – the rooster loved to ride in the basked on my bike! So our posts make me miss them! I live in the city….but maybe some farm-ish pets some day:)

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    1. Texas Homesteader Post author

      LOL Colleen – I wouldn’t really know, in NE Texas we don’t get freezes long enough to freeze the pond that deeply. But I can tell you from my kids’ experience it’s fun for swimming! ~TxH~

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