Williams Homestead Ranch...WHR...is nestled in the "Piney Woods" of East 
Texas and is owned and managed by Don and Sue Williams. The ranch was moved from Brownsville, Texas when we retired. The idea was to be able to enjoy the East Texas pine trees, have a place to ride the horses, and enough grass to grow our own hay. We had no idea how busy we were going to be just keeping things in order. We moved 19 horses and about 12 Border Collies.
We had bred and raised Registered Quarter Horses and Paso Finos for more than 27 years and Border Collies for over 20 years; however, when the ranch was moved to East Texas and we started raising Registered Brangus cattle, we realized that something had to give. So.....we decide to get out of the horse business and just raise Brangus cattle and Border Collies.
Our emphasis is on breeding quality since we are a small ranch. Therefore, each animal is very important and has a reason for being on our ranch. We maintain a strict routine for feeding and health care.
With the beginning of 2010 and the Brrrrrrr of several days of a hard freeze, we have been extra busy breaking ice on water tanks and ponds (we even had ice on top of the flowing creek). What a way to begin a year!
So the year begins...with our calves eating... and eating... and eating as they grow.
With Mindy's litter of Border Collies born on January 21st and Molly's due in February of 2010, we will have a busy year!
We have much to be thankful for!
This year we plan to decrease the size of our herd, since we have exceeded our optimum number by keeping the Csonka heifers for breeding. We will have some very nice Geronimo heifers for sale as well as a Sundance bull calf in the spring. Both Sundance and "PaPa" have produced some awesome calves this year and it will be hard to decide which ones to keep.