Kelley (Texas)
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Red Brangus cattle is a Texas based breed that originated in South Texas during the 1930's. The breed was started with crossing Black Angus cows with Gray Brahman bulls. Folks like Red Brangus cattle because they can tolerate the South Texas heat and their birth weights are low, usually around 65 to 70 pounds. The low birth weight helps reduce the loss of a heifer giving birth for the first time. While small at birth, they gain weight fast and are easy keepers.
There are several things to consider in owning a ranch: You must fit the cattle to the land, you must maintain good pastures, provide a source of safe drinking water, and must have good fences.
We raised Red Brangus cattle because they were a medium size cow and fit the land. About 75 per cent of our pasture area consisted of Coastal Bermuda grass, the rest being native grass. We had lots of cross fences because I am a strong believer of rotating the cattle on a regular basis. We also cut our own hay for feeding the cattle during the winter.
Photo #1: This is the original drive way to the old ranch house that was originally built in the 1920's. We later put in a nice gravel road to the house.
Photo #2: This is a photo of some of the cows coming through a gate when rotating them from one pasture to another.
Photo #3: This is a photo of a group of Red Brangus cows with some calves. We tried to keep the cows in a group consisting of twenty five cows and one bull. If the bull was young, we would keep that group to only fifteen cows.
Photo #4: This is a photo of a Red Brangus calf.
Photo #5: This is a photo of a large two acre stock tank that we dug. It was twelve feet deep at the dam side. It had not completely fill up with water when I took this photo. Later, we stocked the stock tank with catfish and brem fish. We had seven more stock tanks similar to this, all stocked with fish. During extreme dry periods, many times we would be one of the few ranches that had water. We never had to sell cows because of lack of pasture or water.
Photo #6: This is one of our holding pens where we would weigh the calves at approximately six months of age. We also used this pen to hold the cattle for loading into a trailer. The scale is to the front right of the photo. The barn in the back ground was used to store winter hay.
I have many more photos, but I just posted these six photos to give you an idea of what our ranch was like. Hope that you enjoyed them. Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)
Note: Photo #5 and #6 are reversed, sorry.
There are several things to consider in owning a ranch: You must fit the cattle to the land, you must maintain good pastures, provide a source of safe drinking water, and must have good fences.
We raised Red Brangus cattle because they were a medium size cow and fit the land. About 75 per cent of our pasture area consisted of Coastal Bermuda grass, the rest being native grass. We had lots of cross fences because I am a strong believer of rotating the cattle on a regular basis. We also cut our own hay for feeding the cattle during the winter.
Photo #1: This is the original drive way to the old ranch house that was originally built in the 1920's. We later put in a nice gravel road to the house.
Photo #2: This is a photo of some of the cows coming through a gate when rotating them from one pasture to another.
Photo #3: This is a photo of a group of Red Brangus cows with some calves. We tried to keep the cows in a group consisting of twenty five cows and one bull. If the bull was young, we would keep that group to only fifteen cows.
Photo #4: This is a photo of a Red Brangus calf.
Photo #5: This is a photo of a large two acre stock tank that we dug. It was twelve feet deep at the dam side. It had not completely fill up with water when I took this photo. Later, we stocked the stock tank with catfish and brem fish. We had seven more stock tanks similar to this, all stocked with fish. During extreme dry periods, many times we would be one of the few ranches that had water. We never had to sell cows because of lack of pasture or water.
Photo #6: This is one of our holding pens where we would weigh the calves at approximately six months of age. We also used this pen to hold the cattle for loading into a trailer. The scale is to the front right of the photo. The barn in the back ground was used to store winter hay.
I have many more photos, but I just posted these six photos to give you an idea of what our ranch was like. Hope that you enjoyed them. Please have a great day! Kelley (Texas)
Note: Photo #5 and #6 are reversed, sorry.
