I went to visit a friend and pick up some meat he had for the dogs. While I was there, he showed me around his little farm, a work in progress, just like mine and I suspect, most farms. He has a section that is going to be a waterfall into a lovely dug out pond in which he raises lake trout. Rabbits are hopping around the pond and all around the acreage, and they are there for food. This friend is a hunter and has done taxidermy of many of his conquests, which he has around his shop, and in the back of the shop is where he lives. It is a one room 'man cave' as he terms it. He has built the entire thing himself and is proud of his accomplishments, which is nice to see.
The cows he has are not big by today's cow standard sizes. The Simmental cows being boarded at my farm are twice the size of these cows, but they have really big horns and it is the horns that are prized and sought after. The breed are Texas Long Horns. They are quite wild and highly protective of their calves. They have those big horns for a reason and they use them for defence as well as to assert domination in the herd, yet no cattle are skewered. It takes years to grow a large set of horns, large enough to butcher the cow for, but by then the cow is rather tough, so is best for ground meat or stew meat. Young steers are great for general eating and supposedly quite delicious, being lean and strictly grass fed. He even has a cow that is coloured like a calico cat! But, they have really BIG horns and I would never have something that dangerous. He uses his quad to manage them and is respectful, yet very careful around them. I certainly would be too!
The cows he has are not big by today's cow standard sizes. The Simmental cows being boarded at my farm are twice the size of these cows, but they have really big horns and it is the horns that are prized and sought after. The breed are Texas Long Horns. They are quite wild and highly protective of their calves. They have those big horns for a reason and they use them for defence as well as to assert domination in the herd, yet no cattle are skewered. It takes years to grow a large set of horns, large enough to butcher the cow for, but by then the cow is rather tough, so is best for ground meat or stew meat. Young steers are great for general eating and supposedly quite delicious, being lean and strictly grass fed. He even has a cow that is coloured like a calico cat! But, they have really BIG horns and I would never have something that dangerous. He uses his quad to manage them and is respectful, yet very careful around them. I certainly would be too!
a calico Texas Longhorn cow. She is cute with her curly hair do.
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