I bought a 14 year old registered Longhorn Cow in 1998 and put her in a pasture, with some mules, just for a pasture ornament. Her name was Red Bird and she was a Great Grand Daughter of J.P. Texas Ranger is recognized as having done more to bring Texas Longhorns into the limelight than any other sire in history. A daughter Ranger’s Measles, is recognized as one of the top three cows in Longhorn H
istory. She produced more Great Confirmation sons than any other cow including Impressive, Red Bird’s Sire. Red Bird was bred at the time I bought her. A fact I did not know at the time. She calved on January 3, 1999, a very cold snowy day. So cold the top of the calf’s ears were lost due to freezing. The calf, a heifer, was named Snow Bird. The story continues with the purchase of a Longhorn Bull named Freckles in 2000. Two Longhorn Heifers were added to the growing herd. Jay Bird in 2003 and Robin in late 2004 or early 2005. This was the beginning of Lazy G Longhorns. Snow Bird produced a bull calf in January 2004 we named Houdini. Houdini replaced Freckles and sired several females that today make up the foundation of our unregistered cattle. Fate again played a major role in the life of Lazy G Longhorns in 2012. Houdini was killed by lightning and I made the decision to add some registered Longhorns to our herd. In January 2012 I purchased a registered bull calf and two registered heifers. The bull was Shenandoah Ruler and he put longer horns on our females. In February of 2012 I purchased Cow Girl’s Over Kill as a three year old. He is a black and white bull out of the well known bull Overkill raised by Darrell Dickinson. He added some sized and great confirmation to our females. Additional registered cows were added in 2012 and 2013. One of those cows, produced by Cow Girl’s Over Kill, an excellent bull in December of 2013, we named Romeo. Romeo is now lord over our unregistered females that consist of ten breeding age females and five heifers. Our registered females number twenty breeding age females and six heifers. In 2015 we purchased a registered bull calf we named Big Iron. Big Iron whose sire is the well known bull Drag Iron, replaced Shenandoah Ruler. This new blood will allow us to retain some excellent heifers for our breeding program. The registered cows and heifers are about equally divided between Big Iron and Cow Girl’s Over Kill. Now Lazy G Longhorns, some eighteen years later, is alive and well. Just can’t wait to see the next new calf.
