Anyone know about "highland " beef cows

[Farmer Kitty]

you mean you carried kutes an peanut to the barn in their carrier.my neices an nephews didnt go to the barn till they was walking.

I had a laundry basket that I used as a bassinet. They went right out in that. I had a carrier and pack-in-play for them out there and when they got a little bigger a fence. I kept bottles, formula, cereal, diapers, change of clothes, blankets, burp rags, etc. out there.

 

[wynedot55]

wow you rigged it up nice so you could keep them with you.wich 1 of them mooed 1st.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

wow you rigged it up nice so you could keep them with you.wich 1 of them mooed 1st.

Let's put this thread back on track.

 

[Thewife]

All I know about Highlands is, with some Highland/beef crosses, (ours was Highland/angus) you can convince some people that know nothing about cows, that it is a Buffalo!
And yeeeears later, they will mention how they still remember the Buffalo you used to have!

 

[crzychicken]

On the kids in the barn my neighbor had 2 car seats bolted to her fenders of her john deer so she could do her plowing and harvesting of hay with her babies she would also have unbrellas over them weld pipe on the fenders to set them in she would stop breast feed the kids and keep on going but it was sad two weeks after having her 5th child she past away at very young age of 32.

As for Highland / Angus that's what I want to have how old is to old for a beef cow to have a calf I'm looking at a highland that is 6 she has a calf with her I would like to breed her with a Angus and after having that calf angus/highland I will eat her raise the her older calf to breed and and eat the angus/highland How is the meat on that cross

 

[wynedot55]

a 6yr old cow is real young.she should have 7 or 8 more calves in her.ive got 2 9yr old cows right now.i bought them when they was 7 or 8.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

We only allow the girls to ride in the tractors with the cabs. For raking hay, I use the 4 wheeler with seats strapped on and they have umbrellas too. That is sad.

 

[amysflock]

I think I'm a little late on this thread (sorry, was absent awhile!), but I currently have four Scottish Highlands, two cows (5 and 3) and their calves (6.5 mo and 6 mo old). Mamas are hopefully bred back via the Highland bull we had visiting for 16 weeks.

They are generally easy keepers, not prone to any specific ailments, very hardy and *generally* docile. They are good mothers, which we learned actually means they are very protective mothers, so we learned to back off from our older cow when she calved and for about two weeks afterward, lest we get ourselves hurt. (She's fine now and back to her mellow self.) They love to browse, so you really can't put them in with any trees you care about. Our went to town on the many wild apple trees in our pasture, and I realized this a.m. they have completely destroyed two of the smaller ones and we'll have to cut them down and remove them.

The meat is very lean, needs to be cooked more slowly than conventional beef due to less marbling and pretty much a complete lack of external fat. I love it! I've heard of folks doing a Highland/Angus cross and bet that would be great meat.

As for horns...yes, especially if you're in among the cattle often, you have to be very careful. I don't know what it is about those horns, but even the slightest accidental tap - one that doesn't even hurt! - can leave a massive ugly bruise. I've got one on each arm right now!

 

[crzychicken]

Thank you AmyI'm looking at a 6 year old with her heifer they also have a 7 year old with a bull I havn't taken a ride up to go see them I was waiting to get set up fence water ect... the guy also said they it would be better to get 2 cows than1 they seem to like the company I don't know if that's true
thanks again I love all the info I can get.
Jody

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Yes, it's true. Cattle are herd animals so, it's recommended that you get at least two.