This is Tri Chex. He is a registered Texas Longhorn bull. He lives at our farm in Indiana and is happily engaged with a herd of Longhorn cows that he affectionately calls his own. He may look menacing but he is really just a big baby. His crowning jewels...aka horns..measure over 64 inches tip to tip and by all respects he is a lotta bull. As longhorns go he is not at the very top of his class because some of those guys have over 70 inch spreads but TChex is hanging in there because of his mass and body condition...
We like old Tri Chex. He is just happy doing his job...that is...making baby calves. We will soon see the fruit of his labor in the coming months. We are hoping for some very colorful and heavy horned offspring. We love to just watch our longhorns as they peacefully graze in the pasture. The little calves chasing each other and just loving life. Of course, we have another member of the herd that thinks she is a longhorn but in reality she is just an ass...er...donkey. Jedup loves the little calves too and hates coyotes....she will chase the critters down and promptly run them out of the field. Jedup is pregnant...and we are hoping for a cute little donkey this spring.
Life sometimes reveals a lotta bull and we have seen our share of it this year. I am praying that 2009 will have less bull and more sensible leadership in our country. It's one thing if you really are a bull and you have a job to do...but quite another if you are just spreading bull around...Instead of being the bull you might just be the ass....food for thought.
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