2012年12月16日 · A friend of mine who raised Scottish Highlands had one that he threatened to bring over to me when I was still milking for a living. He had a cow that had really bagged up when she freshened. And a neighbor with Black Angus has also had a cow with a noticeably large udder when she came in. So I say go for it. Any cow will give a decent amount ...

2013年2月3日 · Honestly in your scenario I would go Highland. You can train any breed of cattle to be milked. All it takes is frequent exposure and calm nature. I think you'd be quite happy with them. Their temperament is wonderful, and mature I would expect a highland cow at 900-1100#.

2012年8月21日 · Also, you're going to have difficulty finding a Highland cow that has been milked, and if you're going for a heifer, bear in mind that the Highland calves and heifers can take longer to breed and therefore be in the position to give milk earlier than the Dexter breed. Not all Dexters are created equal.

2011年4月18日 · Highlands are a very interesting looking cow. Seems a bred cow if it is young enough may be an opportunity to have beef in the future. I hear the hiland beef is very good when properly done. You would have to get it bred in the future some how, if you went with the cow. I would say buy both if you can swing it.

2007年6月28日 · My wife is a spinner and she says she wouldn't touch Highland hair for love or money. The undercoat is soft, but short and mixed with the longer, coarse outercoat. It would take a lot of carding and mixing, I just can't see that it would be worth the bother.

2009年3月21日 · I live in the north and love that the highland can weather the winter without a barn (since I don't have one). The meat is extemely healthy as well. The jersey could add some better milking qualities to make a great well rounded northwoods family cow. I don't need as much beef as a full highland or as much milk as a full jersey.

2004年5月27日 · 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.

2006年7月20日 · The 5th was a cow who hung herself in the barbed wire fencing and by the time we found her, she was dying. We shot her, butchered her out and put her in the freezer. All that meat was a bit tough and very gamey(or "wild") tasting.

2008年4月21日 · We have a pure Highland Bull and and 3 producing cows. 2 of our cows are pure highland and the other is the 1/2 highland 1/2 Longhorn. She has a more pure Longhorn look. Her calf has more Longhorn features as well....Head, Color, Leggier, faster growning and taller. Her Highland features are hairy. A nice medium length between the 2 breeds.

2008年4月24日 · No idea how much acreage to produce hay. I have 2 1/4 acres, so just shy of 2 acres that I keep 3 Highlands on. Cow, yearling, calf most of the time. This year the three of them have been consuming on average 50 lbs of hay per day. That is 2/3 to 3/4 of a bale of local hay. The rest goes to the goats.