Milking Scotch Highland Cows? - Homesteading Forum How long will a highland produce milk for your family? Dairy cows will produce milk for 10 months or longer - just enough time for them to be dried off so they can produce another calf
jersey highland cross? any thoughts - Homesteading Forum The idea of a nurse cow is also interesting and they seem they would do well I dont have shelter enough for a jersey here in this cold but crossed with a highland would do well enough for our run in shed To be fairly honest she would be more of a hay burning pet with meat as a by product and milk if she allowed it No problem, clip the hair back
Highland Longhorn cross?? - Homesteading Forum HIghland - short, compact, cold hardy, hairy Longhorn - leggy, rangy, heat tolerant Exactly what is the "balance" to be achieved by crossing them? Other than a nice rug if you happen to get Highland hair with Longhorn coloration pattern Both of those breeds are marginal for beef production and especially market acceptance
Highland Cross - Homesteading Forum The red Angus highland had horns, black Angus highland had horns, the lowline highland had horns but the are still small and blunt after 4 years, the jersey highland had huge horns (hers were bigger then the highlands) The only one that didn't was from a red Angus highland mom and a black Angus dad
Dexter vs. Scottish Highland? - Homesteading Forum We are now, finally ready to get a family cow We have an extraordinarily small acreage coupled with the fact that we'd like to try milking only once a day, so we settled on getting a Dexter cow However, Scottish Highlands seem more available in our area right now Do you have any opinions
Highland and Angus cross????? | Homesteading Forum are the Highland heifers and cows able to cary and deliver well with being bred to a large Angus bull? or is there a size differince? does anyone have this cross and if so do you have pics of it?
Dexters vs. Highland Cattle - Homesteading Forum As a Highland Cattle breeder, if you have a small fold of cattle you will obtain a good carcass, but at the sam time have some majestic cattle to look at which depite the long horns are generally easy to handle The are easy calvers and can produce a wealth of colours
Fiber from Highland Cattle? - Homesteading Forum I was reading an article in Hobby Farms about babydoll sheep and it said their wool is nice to blend with fiber from Highland Cattle Have any of you highland owners used thier hair this way? Has anyone heard of this? Do people really do it?
How much acreage to sustain a Dexter or Highland? We may have found a place to buy but hubby is now asking how much land you need to keep 2-3 cattle Since dexters and highlands are the breeds I am thinking about, how much acreage do you need to have to grow hay,grain to feed them thru the winter-on average? I told him you have to work the land