Hello from north Texas

[KGerstner89]

Hi I’m new here and I am really instresided in training some cattle to be oxen for my uncle and his son 10 acer farm that I help alot with. They got 6casterated beef bulls on it betwen 3 weeks and 2 months old and my uncle said that if i studyed and learn eavry thing I can then that he would help me out with seting up a spot to keep my oxen on the propperty. Now my question is witch breed would be the best choice for me to start with since I am pritty new to this. I had also brought the book Oxen a teamsters guide to study up on.

[mother katherine]

Welcome to DAP and the world of working cattle. You’ll find lots of info here. Check out some of the threads under “working cattle’.
The discussion has come up a couple of times. The consensus is, use what you have availble and what you like as a breed.
If the beef bulls are handy, you probably could start training them, just to get the hang of it. They already have a destination if it doesn’t work out. If there are some dairy type cattle around, you could start another pair after getting your feet wet with the beefers.
oxnun

[mother katherine]

PS The heading here is “Oxen” for the threads. There’s some real good reading.
oxnun

[KGerstner89]

As far as I know there is alot of black and white dairy cattle around where I live, and the breed I would like to use and work with are Texas longhorns but when I think about it I worry if there horns will get to long to work side by side.

[dominiquer60]

Welcome,

Mother Kathrine has some good advice. I started working with a pair of beef last summer, a heifer and a steer, they have taught me a lot and can be very useful. I am making due with what I have for now and I am passively looking for shorthorns for a future team. Good Luck with your adventures, read what has been written here about cattle and feel free to ask questions.

Erika

[KGerstner89]

I was wondering is there any one around wichita falls texas that has an ox team, that I might could go watch and learn a few things from maybe?

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