Archive for the Farm & Ranch Category

Texas Longhorn – Texas longhorns speak for themselves.  They don’t need explanation.  But, they’re just cows.  They don’t know they are an icon from the past that humans love to look at and imagine the old Texas. They can grow huge horns with the proper nutrition.  No matter

Foal – New-born foals are almost magical. You feel so proud and happy when you see a little horse wobble around for the first time, almost like how a mother would feel. When foals are first born they are just a soft-haired bag of bones. They look

Calves – A cow is a calf-making machine.  Every year cows watch rain turn into grass, and then they turn the grass into a calf.  Ranchers and cowboys love watching baby calves run and play in the spring. When a calf is born the mother immediately begins

Wheat Pasture Cattle – During winter and spring, cattle dot wheat fields like little fishing boats in a green sea.  The hard red winter wheat that they graze is planted in September.  If rains come, the wheat germinates and begins to grow and spreads its slender green

Chickens – My family has always raised chickens.  We collect the eggs to eat.  Farm eggs taste the best to me.  They are light brown, instead of the white ones that come in the store.  It’s a big deal to get a double-yolker. Every once in a

Cows – These are cows on Papa’s ranch in Texas. He has a lot of cows. He is a rancher and a cowboy. The difference between most ranchers and cowboys is pretty slim, but mainly it’s that a rancher owns the land and cows. Cows roam around