Thursday, September 24, 2009

Where's the BEEF??????

"There seems to be something new on the ranch!" (Checking out new arrivals) Though I've been calling our Texas home a 'ranch', it's been a little deficient! What do you expect to find when you visit a RANCH????? Hmmmmm.... HORSES of courses!! A herd of CATTLE!! A working DOG to help 'round up' the cattle!! Some CATS to keep the mice, rats and snakes away! DONKEYS or MULES (they're good to keep coyotes away), and of course some COWBOYS and COWGIRLS!! Up till now, we've been missing a key player.... NO CATTLE!!! Well, now we're a full-fledged RANCH!!!! Now we've got the beef!!!!

"What do you suppose these are??? They sure don't look like us!!! NOT HORSES!!!" We have four 6-9 month old Angus heifers and a brown calf with a white interestingly marked face (don't know what breed she is!!!). They're only interested in one thing!
Is it time for dinner yet??? Sam knows he's supposed to do something with these critters, but what??? Right now, he dashes at them and snaps his teeth just to show them who's boss!! They give him space. Soon he'll be able to help round 'em up and bring 'em home.

3 comments:

Cheyenne and John said...

They are so cute.. Congrats on the graduation into true Ranchdom!!

Unknown said...

On my grandparent's farm we used to name the cows. One year we had a bunch of white packages in the freezer labeled "Mooshka."
I have a feeling (just like the kitties) each of these cows is gonna get a name. Unlike the cats, don't feel bad eating them though!

Cheyenne and John said...

Oh my gosh Pam.. how were you NOT traumatized by eating the Mooshka meat?? I think that might have turned me vegetarian when i was a kid.