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Welcome to the Highland club. Those are some crazy horns on the red one. Our mature cows have horns similiar to the lighter colored one.

We found that we take the 4 wheeler ussually out to grab the apples. The rack on it worked perfect to split the apples. Just push the apple on it they split pretty easy.

I couldn't say if it affects flavor of beef, our Highlands grow so slow & apples are only seasonal here. That's good to know about pork though, we are planning on doing pigs this year.

I've been told 55 gallon barrels work great for pigs. Sliced in half lengthwise as feed troughs. Sliced height wise in 3rds for water discard the center from water section (or find another use for it).

Greenbean, From that list I see two catagories "fryers & roasters" I'm assuming "fryer" is a young rabbit, "roaster" is a retired breeder/older. Is this correct ?

I can't comment on the age thing. We do raise Highlands though have for just over a year, ours have been easy to work with, we had three calve last spring of the three only one calf had issue, I don't know where the issue lay he is fine now but we had to tube feed electrolyte & bottle feed him...

Great info as always Royd, thank you. We (my brothers. & sister) had it (raw milk) as kids occasionally at a farm we visited. Still remember the seperated milk, seemed weird to us. I'd have to work with our cows a whole lot more first, currently as beef cows we handle them very little. I was...

I was being conservative (I had heard higher numbers) with 4 gal, even with our 4 kids we don't go through that much, trying to wrap my head around what to do with the excess. Goats are not an option, we had 2 never again. The cow I could also use my Highland bull to breed, & end up with...

Not to steal this thread, but along a similiar line. I have seen a bunch about raw milk & it got me thinking about adding a dairy cow. What would a good breed be to mix in with our Highlands ? From quick research milk numbers seem way high is 4+ gallons/day really normal ? Thanks

We raise Highland but they are more of a beef cow than a milk cow, at least ours are.

Western NY, between Buffalo & Rochester, about 5 miles from Lake Ontario. We average about 100 inches of snow per year, lowest temp is ussually about zero, and that's usually once or twice a year, for a very short time.

I've been looking into raising pigs for a while now. I was leaning toward getting mulefoots, if I could find them and at resaonable price. I just came across some on craigslist for a great price, they were born in the spring so they should be big already (not like I'm getting a newborn in...

That's some great info. And confirms what my experience/thoughts have been. Our first two steers were a Jersey & a Jersey/Holestien cross. We went through a lot of grain. We got into raising Highlands after that, I almost never give grain now, only keep around for necessary times, otherwise...

I'll work back words on your questions. No income yet, just feed our family, & building herd. In 2 years we will begin selling. I would plant the 10 acres as pasture, get some of Joel Salatin's books, and go from there. You will learn alot, I cant tell you dairy vs beef breeds, I have only...

We seperated them Friday, came home Saturday to broken fences. I was by myself (with my kids) & couldn't get them seperated again. But our bull was willing & easy to move over so for now that was the easiest solution. My wife is off on Monday so we will try again then, hopefully she (the...

Any animal can kill or injure you, horns or not. You do have to execute caution....but you should be either way. Are their challenges with horn.....yes. I would take my Highlands with horns (and their docile nature) over a dehorned Jersey (what we had before) any & every day. Even with horns...

So to update. We have a heifer coming into heat (see other thread), & had to buy a second feeder. The first one I modified, with mixed results. This is the new holder we bought. I'm putting it in with the mature cows, the older feeder will go in with her & a steer, neither have larger horns...

Our first heifer was born at the end of April (29 I think). She is a Highland (mom), Angus cross. I was filling the water trough last night and noticed our bull sniffing at her hind end. Her mom is also looking a little thin compared to our other cows. If I had to guess a weight on her she...

Our calves that were born this year are 1/2 angus, the guy we bought the bred cows from when intially liquidating his herd his Highland bull went fast (one of the first animals sold he said), as the season got on he wanted to make sure the cows were bred, so he borrowed his neighbors black angus...

Yes I understand what the term "closed means" I also understand that few herds, really none can be truly "closed" or inbreading would become an issue. Part of the reasons I choose Highland cattle is because of their disease resitance, I reseached the breed pretty throughly. They are not...