Cwm Ceffyl Ranch

Raising Quality Texas Longhorns, & Border Collies northeast of Kiowa, Colorado in the historic Bijou Basin.
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Located in the bottomlands of Colorado's Bijou Basin on the banks of West Bijou Creek near Kiowa, Cwm Ceffyl Ranch is home to Registered Texas Longhorn Cattle, Border Collies, & Quarterhorses.   Also making it home is a wide variety of wildlife including mule deer, North American pronghorn, bald & golden eagles, numerous species of hawks and falcons, great horned owls, burrowing owls, wild turkeys, coyotes, badgers, bobcats, mountain lions (a.k.a. puma, cougar, or catamount), and western prairie rattlesnakes.   The bald eagle pictured below was photographed flying above the lower corrals on 19 January 2010. 
 
John Freemont crossed over the land that is now Cwm Ceffyl in 1843 in his exploration of the area, naming Bijou Creek after his party's surveyor.  The Smoky Hill Trail, used by gold seekers and settlers in the late 1850's and early 1860's, also passed across or near the ranch.    Some of the first cattle brought into the Bijou Basin were driven here from Texas by the famous Charles Goodnight in the 1860s.
 
 
 
Photo by Chuck Hughes
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo by Chuck Hughes
 
 
 
 

Bald eagles and Indian Paitbrush wild flowers are both welcome and frequent sights at Cwm Ceffyl Ranch. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Chuck Hughes

 

This is an evening view from the ranch house deck.  Not bad working conditions around Cwm Ceffyl.  This photo was taken on 6 July 2009 at 7:40 PM.

 
Chuck and Kadie Hughes established Cwm Ceffyl Ranch.   "Cwm Ceffyl" is means "Horse Valley" in the Welsh language.   We are raising quality Texas Longhorn cattle because of the historical preservation value of the breed of cattle that "gave rise to the entire reality and most of the myth of the American Cowboy."   Of course, that is along with the outstanding qualities of calving ease, browse utilization, heartiness, disease resistance, and low cholesterol, lean, healthy beef.  We are members of the International Texas Longhorn Association.  
 
We also raise Border Collies, producing one or two litters each year.  Our Border Collies exhibit excellent working ability with livestock.  We have also had Border Collies go on to championship careers in agility and frisbee contests.
 

 
 
The Cwm Ceffyl Ranch bunkhouse.   Sleeps 6, heat and cooking on a wood burning stove.  The bunkhouse deck is Chuck's favorite place on the ranch to sip on a beverage.

Cwm Ceffyl Ranch has been described by visitors as a "magical place" and a "prairie paradise."   Our favorite parts are seeing the new life added to the ranch each spring and hosting friends and family at the ranch. 

 

 

This is an evening view from the ranch house deck.  Not bad working conditions around Cwm Ceffyl.  This photo was taken on 6 July 2009 at 7:40 PM.