Re: Scottish Highlander cattle. Any one raise them?

Posted by jackinok on December 29, 2011 at 07:52:27 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: Scottish Highlander cattle. Any one raise them? posted by Dave from MN on December 29, 2011 at 05:20:57:

ive been around them some,biggest complaint ive seen or heard was they couldnt handle the heat here very well. Seems natural with the coats they have. Might be ok if your summers werent over a hundred like it gets here. What few ive been involved with didnt seem to be particularly mean,but i think being good protective mothers are part of the breed. That maybe a problem if you catch and band young calves in the field like we do around here when they are very young,I had a santa gertrudis cow once that was as gentle as she could be until her calf started bawling, then you better have a excape route picked out! I would catch her calf when it was first born and throw it up on back a flatbed to work it over and I thought a time or two she was going to climb on with me! They all can hurt you if they hit you right.Might not seem like a big deal,but if your 20-30 miles from home with a broke leg or back with no phone or no phone service it can be. Something to think about anyway if you handle cattle alone.Around here anyway those are the ones that get sold off for hamburger.Just cant take the chance if your out and not expected home for three or four days. Might not be the case with a highlander,I simply dont know, but if it is its sure something to consider. I raise mostly limousins the last few years but they can be a real pain to work in a pen. They can stand flat footed and jump a fence like a deer and kick you in the head with both back feet at the same time!LOL.I'm slowly trading them out back to angus,and all the replacement cows ive bought are angus.I personally like herefords better,but with my kind of operation where i just turn them out angus seem to work better. If i was setup to check them every day close to home,and had the setup there to put one up and treat an eye problem, i would keep herefords and never look back. They are good cattle ,give plenty of milk for a calf generally, and have a even temperment that makes them pretty easy to work with. Had an old uncle that swore by shorthorns.And the gentlest bull i ever saw anywhere was a gelvich(sp).my grandad very nearly was killed by a jersey bull,and the worst to tear up pens was a limousin.that big old lug would simply take his front hoof to a five foot board fence and stomp it down,wasnt mean at all just would not stay where you put him.Finally had to build a pipe corral to hold him while we were milking,and he eventually even got that tore up.Stupid thing just had to come to the milk barn to get in the way,because he knew the cows were getting feed. They all have kinks,but Bottom line is look them all over,find one breed that matches your setup and the way you work,and above ALL make sure you have a steady market for your calves in your area. That alone knocks out many of the lesser known breeds and is what holds alot of them back.

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• Re: Scottish Highlander cattle. Any one raise them? James22 12:41:23 12/29/11 (0)
• Re: Scottish Highlander cattle. Any one raise them? jackinok 11:06:18 12/29/11 (0)

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