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Scottish Highlanders & HUGE Discovery in 106-Year-Old Farm Pasture

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Have you ever seen a Scottish Highlander cow? They're so adorable! We're just now learning about these beef and dairy cows from Scotland as we have acquired three Scottish Highlanders to raise.
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@missybarnes7348 Год назад

What an incredibly picturesque scene with the Highlanders in the front and the mountains in the back. Beautiful!

@mio.giardino Год назад

I didn’t think that the Highland cattle were that small, kind of cool and yes they are cute! When you’re ready to work on that little cabin please go over the area with a metal detector and see if there’s any treasures hidden below the soil 😊

@dlgrilli Год назад

My husband is from Scotland and whenever we go back to visit his family I always have to stop and watch the highland cows (coos) in the fields. They really are cute! A few years ago Scotland had a heat wave, I remember his cousin telling us about them losing cows from the heat.

@mariemiller8740 Год назад

Lynn they're gorgeous

@Itsabountifullife Год назад

You are so correct, we were looking at two different AirBnBs in Germany. One had Highland cows on the property and one did not, we so booked the one with the adorable hairy cows. 🐮We can not wait to make our visit to Germany this summer and take lots of pictures. My plan is to take my favorite picture of the Highland cows and put it on a canvas and hang it in our bedroom when we come back. I love to see and hear your excitement.

@gwenanislandfamilybygrace5956 Год назад

I live on one of the Scottish Hebrides islands and in the summer tourists stop their cars in the middle of the road to take photos of the highland cows. Your views are beautiful 😊

@mariemiller8740 Год назад

I love the Highland cows so beautiful when we went to Scotland a few years ago we went to an island called Iona and the Highland cows were just on side of road eating the grass beautiful

@johnfitbyfaithnet Год назад

We have a Highlander/Aberdeen bull, mini! He's awesome and is 9 months old. So ready to see his babies

@dirtroaddee3192 Год назад

You made me laugh with the "I just want to hug them" line. Same, girl, same. I can't tell you how many times my son has rolled his eyes over how I would baby talk and love on his show cows. 😆

@shellyek6237 Год назад

Highland cattle are my favorite! Cutest little cows ever!

@anitawitt84 Год назад

I love your excitement & energy-and I was wondering how on earth you had so much energy. 42. That’s how!! Still, you inspire even those of us older, who are using our energy to its fullest.

@jodyporter6086 Год назад

When we went to the highlands of Scotland one of the tour stops was a farm with Highland coo’s. They are so cute.

@Nancy-zk9dj Год назад

I raised Scottish Highland cattle for several years. I loved them all SO much! So beautiful, so fun to interact with. I would let them out in the mornings, the babies would do a group lap around the pasture! We had a bull, Winston So majestic! We would put a round bale on the ground, cut off the netting and Winston would unroll it for the girls. Yes, don't ever trust them totally! Especially when they have new babies. Sometimes they're OK with you, sometimes not! You're going to love them! ❤️

@infantryblack Год назад

I have highlands and I love them! We can hug on all of our highlands. We live in the Arkansas Ozarks and they do great on our hills. They do have the cutest calfs. At the moment we have a brown teddy bear and 2 silver calfs. Their birthing process so far has been VERY easy! With the Angus cattle we have to help at times but flawless so far with the Highlands. We have our own bull and he throws the greatest calfs.

@chuckfessler2572 Год назад

I've been intrigued by the Scottish Hilanders for decades myself. Thanks for the great video and good luck with them.

@RachelWarren66 Год назад

We had these on my moms farm and the babies are adorable. We had one that we had to bottle feed and he was the nicest cow.

@julieoneil1279 Год назад

AWESOME I am looking forward to watching your progress with your new cattle herd on your newly acquired pastures and land.

@amydurham1150 Год назад

The cabin site resembles an old smoke house used to hang meat. We had a similar one on our property. So very cool! Love the new ideas for it. Can’t wait to see what you do!

@abbiebarnes2200 Год назад

We had a smoke house that would be considered a quaint cabin in this day and age never thought of that!

@ARasputinaFan Год назад

Same here; ours is barely standing and needs repairs.

@lindamickel8545 Год назад

Highlanders so cute. Love their look. Great find can't wait to see your "cabin".

@jamiegeorge4788 Год назад

They are an AMAZING breed... they do so well during the winter months! We love ours!

@TheFrontAcre Год назад

So cool! What an awesome find and plan! Thank you so much for the encouragement to step out in faith. ❤️

@cindynielson4231 Год назад

Your excitement is so contagious! I love your new herd. I have seen so many videos that they use the black & white photo of the Highlanders for decor, I prefer the real deal.👏👍 I can't wait for babies! What a great find for the one room cabin. Never a dull moment with you discovering this new property. TFS 🥰🐮

@WildOrchardOasisFarm Год назад

I've always been enamoured with the shaggy coos. I used to show cattle in 4H when I was a kid and always dreamt of having them someday. We have a homestead now but it's in NW Arizona and it gets way too hot here in the summer for Highlanders. Plus, we have free range cattle all around us that I can enjoy looking at and not have to feed. We don't have green pastures here, which is another limiting factor for me. Congratulations on your beautiful new herd. They are so adorable! 🐂🤠🥰

@emccann5053 Год назад

Congratulations ! What a great addition to your Homestead ! I'm sure someone has probably already let you know but, if you all were in Scotland you would call them " Heiland Coos " 😊 Amazingly wonderful breed, so excited for you all = Enjoy them !

@cct9194 Год назад

What a find in the pasture! I hope you have an Historical Society in your town or county and try to look up the history of it, find puctures, original and subsequent owners, etc! Your plans for it are exciting!

@Christina-cq6hq Год назад

I love Highlanders! They're my favorite breed! I would love to sit and just watch them too!

@doubleglfarms9750 Год назад

Hello Melissa! LOVE the Highlander cattle!! Us girls just got our own little herd and we are in love!!❤ Thank you for being an inspiration in homesteading! We are also a homesteading, homeschooling, YouTubing family! We appreciate how this community helps each other and shares the good and the bad…the successes and the failures…which we call education!

@jscott0174 Год назад

The highlanders, The view, The passion and excitement you have 😍🥰 Such and beautiful vibe! Thanks for sharing ❤️

@rossplainold1565 Год назад

wonderful find build the cabin

@cherylpresleigh6403 Год назад

The highlander cattle are my fave! Looking forward to their appearance in your videos. My husband and I also signed up for the conference. We are very excited to be attending and look forward to all that we will learn.

@Wildevis Год назад

Oh my goodness I went to look at picture of little calves and they are adorable! Love your idea for the little cabin, like a backpacker kind of accomodation

@orange2sweet673 Год назад

I love Scottish highlanders. I don’t have a farm but love them.

@janieclaypool9842 Год назад

The Highlanders are adorable! I, too, would be trying to pet them and be friends with them, etc!

@kellykuhn7401 Год назад

We have a very reputable highland cattle farm near us, Apple Hill on Sheppard Farm, Hanover, PA. Our son works on this farm and they are truly gentle giants. They feed their cattle fig newtons!

@karenholsopple6388 Год назад

We're right outside Hanover and have driven past that farm many times! Will have to look it up.

@chiefenumclaw7960 Год назад

Thanks Mrs.'s K, you rock!

@denisebrady6858 Год назад

Those cattle are just gorgeous- I can't wait for babies. How cool is that old cabin & yes remarkable. Cheers Denise- Australia

@jeannetteburnett5330 Год назад

My first thought was that was an old root cellar. And as you got closer to it, I started thinking smokehouse. It will be interesting to see what you find when you actually get everything out of there. 😊

@sergtang5593 Год назад

Fun to listen at you about these cow 😆. Nice project 👍

@MichaelAlthauser Год назад

That's such an awesome find on your property! Great to hear about the Highland cows as well, lots of things I hadn't known.

@brianadixon8995 Год назад

As an amateur historian. That cabin makes me swoon. ❤ 🤍 💙 🧡

@catracampolieto8989 Год назад

I love Scottish highlanders.

@LL-ly6fu Год назад

Very cool one room cabin! Our home was also established 1916. Seems to have been an orchard at some point. We Are taking the wormy chestnut off the lg barn and planning it down for the interior of our cabin walls. (There were no walls -just exterior Jenny Lynn {sp} and siding) It is so gorgeous. Best wishes for all your endeavors. PS I want a milking cow but family says I’m to old. Almost 20 yrs your senior! I make hard cheese...

@kimstrating8511 Год назад

Their milk! I so wanted a Scottish Highlander milk cow! Smaller cow - less milk - but the butter fat content!! Enough milk for everyday use, or so my research said, without being overwhelmed with too much. ❤️

@diannemiller4754 Год назад

Such lovely cattle. Are you able to milk them? I have only seen one other RU-vid channel raise them. The cabin idea is so cool!!

@robbyers7614 Год назад

I love your videos and voice. I also love that little bit of music you play during and at the end of the videos.

@deecooper1567 Год назад

So like I used to be… before I completely finished one project I already had another one in my head 🤣🤣🤣. Love your new herd & can’t wait to see your excitement when there’s new babies 😍😍. And a wonderful idea for the old foundation that’s been uncovered!!!! Your energy is so contagious ❤. 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@HebronGrandpa Год назад

Food for thought. Sheep, Goats and Cattle (especially bulls) like to have the polled area rubbed or petted. For that reason they will lead with that to get you to rub etc. Sometimes a little aggressive. Just like a dog likes its tummy rubbed and lays upside down. It is advisable to pet or rub them under the jaw. Over time they will raise up to have you rub or pet under their head. That will give you a safer environment with them.

@elizabeththequeen943 Год назад

I was told that heritage breed bulls are much more mellow than hybrid breeds. I raise Lineback cattle and the bulls, although twice the size of the cows, are super easy to be around and even tempered.

@kathywinkler9802 Год назад

this is the type of cow we need.... the fur to keep them warm!! Plus they're smaller, eat less feed and more grazing!! I'll be watching you and your small herd, while we get a field ready!!! ... I don't need a lot of milk, but we do use a lot of butter and cheese! ..... thanks for the info!!!

@mostuniquemary Год назад

OMG!!!! Highland cattle is high up on my list of farm animals to get if I ever get my farm....even if they're just for looks. LOL Awesome find! You can have the wood carbon dated to see how old the wood is. More than likely it was built right after the trees to build it were felled. We'd want to do the same thing! 🙂

@abbiebarnes2200 Год назад

I love Highlanders,. To bad you didn't get white, blonde, black and brindles as well. But i take the brown ones lmao! That cabin idea is wonnnnnnnnderful, be a blast actually I imagine that cabin was built before the civil warm I was brought up in a eastern KS dirt farm our barn if it hadn't been sold and torn down for its lumber would be standing i think, inside the horse barn part of it, was the year 1862. Ks became a state in 61. I am guessing your cabin site is nearly 200 hundred years old instead of 100 way over 100 years old!

@donnaward5508 Год назад

Those Highlanders are beautiful. There is a place kinda close to me in Virginia that raise these and buffalo for meat.

@colliecoform4854 Год назад

I love the Scottish Highlands. I have been following a couple of channels that have them. They are so cute!

@saltycat662 Год назад

It's adorable to see her get excited over how cute they are lol. They are super cute cows. I've always liked them but I would be scared of those horns. I hope they all do well. I'm also looking forward to seeing babies ♥

@BootsandBountyHomestead Год назад

We've been talking about getting a mini cow for dairy. These are so cute!

@THand141Homestead Год назад

Beautiful herd you have there! Highlanders rock!

@msdebbiep Год назад

That foundation is a treasure !!! (And I loved the excitement as you talked about the baby cows…)

@michellecjackson4956 Год назад

I have seen the wee heeland coos, in Scotland, so very cute.

@cherylcoan3288 Год назад

Our Highlander Harriet hopefully will be calfing in the late spring, I can't wait. I live in the in the Ceour d Alene area and I have plans on going to the homestead event, maybe I will meet you.

@MelissaKNorris Год назад

Hope to see you there!

@salami5050 Год назад

The cutest cows ever!

@jvin248 Год назад

Start watching EDC (Every Day Carry) channels, you'll always have a knife in your pocket -- farmers and homesteader regular gear. That is modern concrete, wood, and nails. It might have been built from the 1920s to 1970s. Pig shed or chicken coop. Certainly it can be cleaned up and repurposed.

@NewPioneerFarm Год назад

In Montana you can get an old cabin. And rebuild it! That would be so fun if you can reclaim one!!!

@thehappyhenhobbyfarm4647 Год назад

We have been researching the Highlanders for the past few years, looking to integrate them onto our farm.. Fun Fact. The highlander is the oldest natural breed of cow left on the planet, been unaltered for many, many centuries. From the 15th century according to the research we have done. Such amazing creatures ❤ They have great milk in a amount much more manageable to a small or average family, approximately 2 gallons a day as opposed to the Holstiens I milk now at 6-10 gallons a day.

@Denpachii Год назад

A suggestion, if time permits, is to go to your local historical society, newspapers, county records and neighboring family's to see if there are any descriptive and/or photographic records of the homes here. You may find exactly what was there and be able to copy it.

@namthomson1124 Год назад

Great 👍 thanks 🙏 ❤. Aberdeen

@marcidevries5515 Год назад

I also have to drive to the family farmhouse down the street to get hay for my horses! We have to throw the bale's on the roof of our van, though 😂 I would love to have a small pony-sized cow for dairy, but not at this stage of life. How fun for you!

@bootmender Год назад

When you butcher your steer take the hide and tan it, makes a great rug, my cats and dog won’t sleep any where else. It’s funny to see 2 cats and a dog all sleeping together.

@sandrareaves Год назад

I’m right there with you on the “What have I done? This is such a huge undertaking!” But by taking things slowly and listening for Holy Spirit’s word, progress is happening. Not that anyone else can see it, but I do and am encouraged. I’m enjoying watching your progress, too. Hang in there!

@jenniferli185 Год назад

Watching them run up to your truck, so cute! They are beautiful animals!! I am in love. Incredible!

@danastanley7785 Год назад

That would be real awesome to rebuild that up 😊

@Grandpacarlreacts Год назад

That Concrete foundation is of a newer construction. 100 years ago they did not pour concrete. I believe it was a smoke house.

@COWELLGIRL Год назад

Beautiful cattle

@dawnbrown2863 Год назад

They are so cute, can't wait to see the babies. Also, what an amazing find on the cabin base.

@Beesknees923 Год назад

They are soo pretty!

@hannmalee Год назад

I would put a greenhouse there! looks like the perfect size!

@amyschmelzer6445 Год назад

We went to Scotland last summer. The Highland cows were cute. It’s weird to hear people call them Scottish Highlanders.

@sharonbenson9640 Год назад

I love the Heilan coo,but I'm biased being Scottish :)

@dhansonranch Год назад

Congratulations! What a fun find...it would be cool if you could find old pictures with the cabin in tact. Neat idea as an additional rental. But wondering - being they dug down, was it actually maybe a root cellar of sorts?

@tamararobinson2069 Год назад

Oh ALL So Exciting!!!! It is so Awe jaw dropping Beautiful there!!

@maltipoosoffgrid6868 Год назад

Is that foundation block? They started making blocks in the 1800s

@junewrogg6137 Год назад

So incredibly awesome!!!!! Love those faces!!!! So want one!!!!! You found another treasure. I'm so excited for all that's happening in your life!!!

@lkbd12345 Год назад

Congrats. We raised Scottish highland cattle for years here is Nebraska and reallllly struggled to keep them cool enough in the summer. We did find success in putting a sprinkler on them on very hot/humid days AND whenever there was a hot snap in the late spring. I know you will give them great care but thought I’d offer the headsup

@MelissaKNorris Год назад

Appreciate it

@mkshffr4936 Год назад

I have heard that they are great for totally grass fed with no grain at all.

@joriwilkinson Год назад

I LOVE my highlands!! (maybe even more than my horses ) 😄 Did you get them from Brittany at hillside highland? Glad to see someone else in WA breeding them!

@jolene8460 Год назад

Melissa you are so precious!!!!!!! I just love your personality ❤

@mikefinley4367 Год назад

The cattle are pretty cool. Yeah, never turn your back on a bull. Rancher I knew in S.D. was taken down, head trauma, had to sell off most everything and his wife, bless the woman she's a saint, takes care of him 24/7 at a house they purchased in town. He has difficulty with common tasks we often take for granted including talking but maintains a sense of humor. Understand, he had a radio on him but didn't get the opportunity to use it, always side on caution.

@cookingsherry8784 Год назад

What a beautiful location!

@TheCivilwargal Год назад

I am wondering if the cabin site was maybe used as a root cellar or some place to store produce and grain for the animals. It doesn't really look big enough for a cabin and to have cement walls would not be typical of a cabin.

@jennbasil Год назад

I'm with you. The first thing I thought was root cellar. :)

@AFizz-cw3on Год назад

It could have been a root cellar

@worleyhavenhomestead1448 Год назад

Yes or a corn crib or a smoke house or something like that

@R_B62 Год назад

I have been a carpenter for 25+ years and gave seen several building like this in the central missouri area. These building built like that one are a root cellar under a smoke house or sometimes a root cellar under a summer kitchen.

@sarahingham8345 Год назад

They are cute!

@country_kitty Год назад

You're so adorable when you get excited. LOL. I'll be interested to see how your highlanders do in the Puget Sound. They are one of the animals I would love to have.

@ValerieHarristhefoodiemedic Год назад

I LOVE fuzzy faces!

@Thisisit120 Год назад

Oh Melissa your girls are beautiful. We have a mixed Highlander and I believe because of that ours is black. And we named her Bessie and we are hoping that she will give A2 milk like her mama. And we’re also hoping that we won’t have to shave her utter when she comes in milk. And we had ours de budded because we didn’t want to have the danger of the horns. And wanted to stay safe. One hit with one of those horns could put you in the hospital. I know they’re majestic looking at all but for us it is what it is. And also to get her in the stanchion it would be almost impossible with her horns. We have friends that have Highlanders and he has fixed it to where they manage it with the horns. Good luck with your beautiful cows.

@rfidino Год назад

You and the Highlanders have the same beautiful hair color.

@boymama1623 Год назад

I’m in western Washington, our neighbors raise registered highlanders

@nancylamarche5570 Год назад

We have Miles Smith Farm here in NH that has raised Scottish Highlands for some time. We buy a lot of our meat from them. They have a lot of articles/pictures on their website with a lot of stories of raising this breed.

@kellyhawes9293 Год назад

Where in Nh Nancy? I'm close to Hanover Nh, would love a close supplier for the Highlander

@nancylamarche5570 Год назад

@@kellyhawes9293 They are in Loudon, off of 106 not far from Concord. As with any small producer, their inventory changes based on when they harvest and you can call ahead to make sure they have what you want or give you an idea of when they might have it if you are looking for something specific. They have other meat, dairy, eggs and other farm products in their small shop too, tend to have more in the warmer months than in winter. They do let you walk around parts of the farm which is nice - they have other farm animals there too.