Are highlands good for hobby farms and homesteads? 

I love how, in Scotland, even the cows are ginger.

Highland cattle are not only grazers,but browsers. They can survive on marginal land,even clearing undergrowth. They are long living,so they have a long breeding life. They have other unique points; there own collective noun...a group is called "a fold" rather than a herd. Whilst their fringe is a dozen. After all they are the oldest accredited breed in the world.

As someone who’s Scottish I had honestly no idea American farms had highland cattle that’s so fascinating to me! I love highland cows and I’m glad the world gets to share them too 😁

Narrator: Scottish Highlands cattle are known to be a very docile, friendly breed! Cattle: Proceeds to create sort of a ruckus including several valiant attempts at goring each other

Fancy caws! Super kawaii!!! Love their hair, horns, and also how they behave. Real creatures popping out from fantasy. Thank you so much for showing this video. cheers from Japan.

I am retired now, first saw Scottish Highland cattle at the Minnesota state fair in the late 1990's. I was impressed by them and if I had taken a different path in life may have done something like you are doing. Nice herd.

Welcome...I am a subscriber on Adler Farms. Your Scottish Highland cattle are beautiful.

when you spread food out on the ground for highlands....you got to spread it out in an arc over a much greater distance than you have done in this video. Highlands have a very strict dominance.....the dominant cows will stand over the food and stop any lower ranked cow or calf from getting any food. this causes problems as the winter progresses, the lower ranked cows get thinner and thinner, the lower ranked cows will get no food. Either place the food in small heaps about 15 feet apart in an arc or spread the food very lightly over a long distance..do not spread in a straight line.....if you do you will get cows running back wards and forwards along the line to find a spot between more dominant animals........spread in an arc....as the cattle move along the arc of food.....they fall off the end then run back to the start......to repeat..with an arc they can see the start position.......if food is in a straight line they have to run the full length of the line to start again...Also recommend energy blocks during the winter....which we use in Scotland....the cattle can get plenty dry matter from the grasses but lack sugar and energy.......as a tip....with highlands you must tie all your gates at both ends....highland bulls frequently learn how to flip off a gate with their horns......if a highland want to go somewhere they consider fences as a mere temporary barrier......you got some nice highlands there......may i recommend a couple of books with lots of info on highlands..." A Keen Eye Keeps the Cattle" Una Cochrane and "The Drove Roads of Scotland" A. R. B. Haldane

It has amazed me how much our goals are inline with each other. We got our cows to keep the pasture eat down and just hope to make enough off them to sustain themselves. We bought 3 pregnant cows last year and just brought home our first bull a couple weeks ago. Glad I found someone doing exact what we are doing. Keep up the good work!

Not if you plan on eating them......how could you not fall in love with these guys?

Adler Farms sent me over. I must admit that I just love your cattle. They are spectacular! I’m looking forward to following you on your journey.

I just learned about them and now I'm binge watching your videos.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Still watching and truly enjoyed watching the videos

Very informative and interesting. Thank you!

TIP OF THE DAY!! Keep your fence from getting broken down... use one strand of stainless steel electric fence wire. Here is a great bit of information for using electric fence wire. Go to your local welding supply company. Get a roll of stainless steel welding wire. The wire comes in several diameter sizes. I use .035". Do not get flux core, it breaks. Use only solid wire. This wire will last forever. I use only one strand of wire around the back side of the property for my Highlanders.

I’m so glad to find this! I’m in Oklahoma as well, and was wondering just this about this breed.

Awesome Video! Awsome Cows! Or have your cows go downtown for a night on the town. If you have a mini ranch or farm to keep these critters, your going to need the toys! Tractors and implements. You will need the tractors for other jobs then cow tasks.

I recently discovered your channel and feel like I found a kindred spirit! I also work from home as a business consultant crunching numbers and spreadsheets but am building a hobby farm with my husband. I'm interested in getting either Angus or Highland cattle so your content is so helpful!

Thank you for the very informational video! It was so helpful!

One of my favorites for sure.

So happy for you getting new cow hope her calf is great. I ready have enjoyed watching your channel every scence Chad from Adler farms when he got Mc Fred . Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the video Rhett. Take care God bless

So cute watching them eat!

Love the videos! Very informative 🥰

We are about to embark on this journey with 40 acres. Glad this content is out there.

gorgeous highlands!

Hey sir, great video! We raise Highland Cattle in New Zealand and I totally agree with your comments in this video!!

Outstanding. Tks for sharing.

Thank you for the insight.

I was asking a farmer about his highland cattle at a show. When I mentioned that I was doing research to own some in the future (like years down the road), his response was to roll his eyes and to tell me that as a city girl I shouldn't bother.

They are so cute!!

I follow you on my TV for a while Im going to be getting them this fall or summer want milk cows but so I can get beef to but I've always liked these cows but didn't know they where that available in the states so I love watching your videos I her they do real well in ND thank you for showing them!

So true, after many hours office bound, getting out into open nature is Soooo relaxing, refreshing and calming. Great to get clean fresh natural air, co.pared with stale, conditioned air. Though at least these days virtually all offices have NO SMOKING, sadly there are still smokers around, stinking of stale cigarette, or worse pipe or cigar spreading the stench. Give me fresh, even farm odours, natural air over that enclosed office air.

What a great video! thank you! Though my family is in OK I have a 10 acre (5 maybe 7 is pasture) in Colorado. I am looking at raising mini highland cattle for profit and self sufficiency. Where in OK are you located? We need to do some fence repairs and have structures for them already. We have coyotes out here (we don’t have mountain lions, bears and wolves where we are thank goodness) but have one LGD and will be adding another hopefully soon so they can work as a team. I am so excited but want to be prepared before we bring home the new additions.

you are the Scottish Highland Cow Whisperer ......very informative video....Thank You!

Gosh I love Scottish highlands soo much. They are simply so beautiful. Thanks for the video.

Bro... awesome content. Helpful & informative. Entertaining & easy to watch. Keep it up, God bless

Hope to add a few someday soon. Great vid

Fantastic love from Finland

Outer fence needs to be able to deal with a full-grown bull of whatever breed you run. Greg Judy practices regenerative grazing using interior electric fencing and keeping the cattle out of the pond, using movable auto-fill troughs to provide water. Keeping the cattle moving is the key to developing good grazing with minimal inputs. He prefers horn-less (polled) breeds. I wonder if Highland cattle could be used instead. Do they shed and can the hair be spun? Is the milk fat enough to become cheese?

Funny I came across your video cause we’re considering getting highlands and I’m also a financial advisor

Beautiful coos! Hi from Texas!

Chad from Adler Farm sent me your way!!

Wow i want a highland cows

Hey y'all, Thank you for all the good information regarding the cost, work expenditure and acreage to graze. You really are responsible to do your research to know what you are getting into. take care bye for now

I wonder if the "wool" fiber from the highlands is marketable, too? I read that they like being brushed and their winter coats shed out and can be gathered by brushing. That would make them profitable in 3 ways, in addition to helping pasture health with proper management.

They r so cut how cud you kill that cuteness

Those cows could take him down and take over the farm in a minute, but they got no means to organize and no interest in holding power. Truly a noble animal.

thank mate

I would like to get into this with 10 acres, and just learn as much as possible with operational, logistics, financial, and time management. If you have some time or resources I would love to spend some time figuring this exciting adventure out. Looking forward to putting in a lot of work.

Very helpful!! I was leaning toward Dexters but just recently someone suggested Highlands since they have a slower metabolism and are generally healthy. I wondered if they were dual purpose, so I'm glad you addressed that. I appreciate you going through the supplies needed. Do you think halter training cows would help to get them around? Not sure if you can do that with horned cows. Do you have a video addressing common sicknesses (you mentioned scours).

Thanks,👋❤️🙏

Hi ! ... Came over on the reccomendation of Chad from Adler Farms. Hope we have lots in common. Talk again soon!

Would you consider dehorning your calves? I know that hurts the value of some breeds but over time it would eliminate some problems.

We have some land in North Texas (just south of the Oklahoma border, west of Sherman-Denison) and are looking into Highland cattle. Thanks for sharing this information on your channel as we start to research this. Do you mentor new owners? lol. We will be living on the farm but my husband will be working full time from home and I work very part time from home, so we will mostly be raising beef for our family as well as wanting to provide our own milk, and won't be working the farm full time. We are very excited to move out there. This is land my great grandparents owned and has been ranched and farmed ever since. We have a cousin out there now who raises cattle, but a different kind.

Highland cattle also make pretty good light oxen. You're not gonna pull a Conestoga with a pair, but plowing and light carts..... No problem. Think of a grass fueled Kabota tractor.

Love the intro music, sounds a bit like Led Zeppelin's bron y r stomp. I love Highland cows they beautiful creatures. But I'm biased as I am Scottish. Anyways great video and great background music.

Processing can be an issue as butchers don’t want to deal with horns. Great video!

Qué raza tan hermosa ,gracias.

Howdy from the City..Boston. met you following Chad.. interested in the highlands myself. thinking of buying in NH.. will they survive in the Northeast? can't wait to see your Farm..

It looks like a lot of work to brush them out. What kind of brush do you use? 😯

How do the Highlanders do in the incredibly hot days of summer in OK? I live in Missouri and was researching Highlanders to raise here

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo very sweet!

I'm so excited to find you! We have a little hobby farm here in Oklahoma and we call it 15 acre wood!! We are wanting to get some Scottish highland cows so I'm going to be watching your videos in preparation for it! Do you sell your cows?

Hi, I recently purchased 40 acres at nearly 8k feet of elevation. As I clear my pasture I have been considering the best livestock. As a new to cattle rancher with children I would prefer cattle that I am more likely to be able to handle and is polled as I learn. I believe that a crossbreed between Scottish Highlanders, Dexters, and eventually in order to increase the marbling(once we understand cattle better) some wagyu semen would be best for us. As I said our pastures will be quite high. So... yeah the heartiness of the highlands seems essential. What would you say would be the best resources when considering establishing a herd? I do not want dwarfism and the associated health risks but I would still prefer a smaller breed to start that can manage the snow. Do you know of anyone that sells healthy small Highlands or Highland/Dexter cross breeds. Any info would be greatly appreciated

i have horses on my property and was thinking about getting a highland cow, will they be fine with horses, or should i have multiple cows?

I know this is an old video so i might not get a reply, but i also live in oklahoma and was wondering how often these cows need to be trimmed during the summers?

Scottie fur beasts....

"Typically today, they're raised as beef cows." - Cattle in the background looks up like "What did he just say?!"

Hi heard of you from Adler farm

Music sounds like Sam Beam 🥰

How many acres do you need per highland mini cow?

what if I just want one for a pet? just to take care of and love?

Nice hat

Had you kept cattle before? I'm looking at highlands as my first large livestock (after some sheep and ducks), and hearing concern about the horns. They seem perfect for my property otherwise. Smaller, docile, efficient feeders... Like I said, other boxes all ticked.

I’m in the process of buying 10 acres in sulphur ok that has really great pasture and a 1 acre pond. My wife and I are looking at raising some highland cows. Any advice for some future newbies?

What are highlands costing these days?

Niceeeeeee ❤

We just purchased 2 steer about a month ago. We have 21 acres and wanted something that could be a pasture mate for our halflinger horse and keep the pastures down. They are half brothers, one just turned a year old last week and the other is a little over a year old. The youngest is the most docile and our horse is definitely top of the pecking order. The issue we are having is with the older one. He’s been sort of charging us (I guess you would call it that) and it gets a bit scary. Is this normal? How do we curb this behavior? They were raised with other highlands until we got them last month and were handled daily by the family. We are guessing he’s trying to assert dominance, but we aren’t sure. Please do not comment if you intend to be hateful or make rude comments. I’m looking for suggestions to make his life happy and ours too! Thx!!

Your herd looks very small compared to the full-grown ones I seen. Are yours just younger, or a smaller version?

Are highland Cows a "cuddly" type of cow? More specifically, do they like having affection given to them by you? They're such interesting animals and very pretty

Why do you keep the horns on the cows?

can they defend against wolfs? just wondering if highlands can actually put their horns to good use?

Lol. Looks like someone is playing with his food. Lol. The Highlands are so beautiful.

What are the "cubes" you're talking about?

I could not bring myself to use these any of these beauties as beef haha. If I am considering of keeping them as a long term pet, how many should I keep in order to avoid things like depression and loneliness?

I’m in Tulsa what to sell one?

Highland cows have no right to be this adorable

Even if they don’t have horns they can be dangerous their strongHighland baby calf’s our cute. How heavy do the Scottish cows and bulls weigh an length ? How long does it take for a cow to have a calf ? Do you trim their hoof’s and give them vaccinations .

Would it be OK to have two of these on 5.5 acres?

Get some harness , and turn the collar upside-down ,then use them to pull out firewood ect.

They are very adorable docile animals but some individuals particularlly bulls can be a bit aggressive.

Do you prefer the woven wire fence or the barbed wire fence

Raising Highlands in Oklahoma is like raising an Okie in Scotland.

Ancient breed is still half wild! Require constant attention or their wild side comes out. Sold mine they were a pain!

Oklahoma is a Southern territory and the Highlands were bred for colder climates. They’re probably miserable for places like where I live in Tennessee. Too Hot! But, I’d talk to folks in the Nordic countries they come from. I’d like one just to look at…They’re so darn cute!

Continued from last video: Yes, that's the bison breeder, Cross Timber. Listen--two bison are "a bit wild", 20 are, depending on their mood, a train wreck, a hurricane, an earthquake, you name it. Geez, don't tell him I said anything, he may take away my tee shirt. Cheers and best wishes, JL

The dog was like...is there something to do with me?

"I want to sell enough beef to support the herd." Do the cows get to vote on who leaves the island?

Hi, What is the cows name at 12:30 time stamp? I am an artist I painted this beautiful cow 🎨