How Do You Identify Texas Longhorn Cattle?
• Do a search on the Internet or in a Cattle Breeds book for “Texas Longhorns”. • Study the characteristics of the breed. Note the following: • Colouration: Longhorns come in a wide variety of colour patterns and colours, from black to white and everything else in between. Some will have white extending from their withers and their bellies all the way to their rumps and tail; others may be all white with black points in their ears, noses, and eyes. Some maybe solid coloured, some roan, others a certain colour (black, brown, brindle, yellow, tiger-stripe, etc.) with blotches of white thrown hither-thither across their bodies. • Body type and characteristics: Longhorns are not as beefy or muscular as Continental breeds like Limousins or Simmentals are, as most TL’s have what’s called a “funnel butt,” or lack of muscling in the hind quarters. However, lately TL breeders have been putting more emphasis on muscling in the longhorn breed than in the past, resulting in bulls and cows having m
• Do a search on the Internet or in a cattle breeds book for “Texas Longhorns”. Do a search on the Internet or in a cattle breeds book for “Texas Longhorns”. • Study the characteristics of the breed. Note the following: • Colouration: Longhorns come in a wide variety of colour patterns and colours, from black to white and everything else in between. Some will have white extending from their withers and their bellies all the way to their rumps and tail; others may be all white with black points in their ears, noses, and eyes. Some may be solid coloured, some roan, others a certain colour (black, brown, brindle, yellow, tiger-stripe, etc.) with blotches of white thrown hither-thither across their bodies. • Body type and characteristics: Longhorns are not as beefy or muscular as Continental breeds such as Limousins or Simmentals are, as most TL’s have what’s called a “funnel butt,” or lack of muscling in the hind quarters. However, lately TL breeders have been putting more emphasis on mus
