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11/23/12, 06:42 PM
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new Highland bull calf!
Just born on 11/21....
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11/23/12, 08:03 PM
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Now that's just too cute! Congratulations!
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11/23/12, 08:22 PM
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Location: Michigan
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Wow is that a neat color. Is that a normal color for the Highlands?
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11/23/12, 08:26 PM
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Yes! That is what silver looks like when they are born.
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11/23/12, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Central Missouri
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Look, it's a teddybear calf! So very cute. What's is his name?
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11/23/12, 09:36 PM
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Awwwww!!!! *soft squee-ing and sighing* He's so freakin' adorable!!!!! 
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11/23/12, 09:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mme_Pickles
Awwwww!!!! *soft squee-ing and sighing* He's so freakin' adorable!!!!! |
I second what pickles said. We all look at the pic and said awwwwww! I love highlands.
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11/24/12, 07:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CJBegins
Look, it's a teddybear calf! So very cute. What's is his name?
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Haven't picked one out yet.......of course, if someone wants to buy him, they get to help name him. 
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11/24/12, 09:02 PM
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How much will you be asking for him? He is gorgeous! I have never seen silvers before.
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11/24/12, 09:27 PM
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Thanks. Don't know if I ever saw a sliver before. That calf is sharp!
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11/25/12, 04:04 PM
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Asking 1000$ with papers(AHCA registration). At 6 mos. and weaned. And a deposit will hold him for you.
Knock off $100 ($900) for no papers.....
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Last edited by SpaceCadet12364; 11/25/12 at 07:53 PM.
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11/26/12, 10:21 PM
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aka RamblinRoseRanc :)
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*sigh*
I just love Highlands.
I did ask Santa for a milk cow this year....not that *he* can fill the bill, lol.
He's a doll!
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11/27/12, 09:56 AM
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I wish I could buy him but my dear husband said he is to far away and it's not time for a new bull since we got one a year ago.... I love the silver color it's my favorite and I haven't had one yet, though I'm trying hard to breed for it
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11/27/12, 09:05 PM
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What colors do you have? This is our third Silver one. He was born to two Duns. Have had one to Black Cow, White Bull, Bull calf, And Black Bull,White Cow Heifer Calf.
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11/28/12, 11:12 PM
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SpaceCadet12364
I wish I was closer to you...I would snap that baby up quick!
I would love to have Highlands. Are Highlands considered a specialty market or do you take them to the sell barn like you would Angus?
I read some of the research on the Highland website, and it seems that they would do okay here in California.
I'm just curious about the marketing and if they would take a hit at the sale barn. Here they love black Angus.
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11/29/12, 05:03 AM
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They take a hit at the stockyard. They say hair and horns you lose weight. No you don't. Our carcass weights are typically 65 to 70 % of walking weight. And allot less excess fat because of their hair so allot less waste of fat that gets thrown out. So you take home more meat. So once you get a customer you keep them. They like the idea of more meat for their dollar. We grass finish anyway so our customers like it. I have Sold one to a customer and they came back and bought 3 more after a couple of weeks. So now it is easy to sell one. It is hard to keep one to butcher weight. Because everybody wanting to raise it themselves so they know what goes into it. I have a guy picking up 4 weaned steers next week. So now i get more per lb. than they get for Angus. That rubs them the wrong way.(Angus People)
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11/29/12, 06:08 AM
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Oh my gosh...I can't stand it. Love that silver bull. Hmmm...Clementine would have a match. I can't look at it anymore...I want that bull
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11/29/12, 10:26 AM
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Highlands (along with the Dexters that we raise) are not a good choice for the "sale barn" minded folks. It is a specialty market for buyers who are discriminating in their choices for food for their family. It is a much larger market than it used to be, and I believe it will continue to grow in the future. We have a pretty steady return and referral clientele for both breeds.
Like SpaceCadet, we have trouble keeping ours long enough to raise to butcher weight, they are typically purchased prior to that by people who would like to raise them on their own acreage. The meat is very lean, and it takes pretty good forage to grass finish them (we move ours 2-3X per day using temporary fencing). We've only had one for ourselves in the past year. The steaks are long gone, and I'm just about to put some Highland burgers on the grill (at very low heat) for lunch.
In addition, if you can find the buyers, nice Highland hides can sell for $800-1000, each, though they cost quite a bit to tan, so the profits are not what you might think.
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11/29/12, 11:02 AM
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We sell the horns on ebay.They go quick. Got a set now that we are going to keep off 13 yr old Black. And a red set and a white set that will go on ebay.
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11/29/12, 01:02 PM
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I've read that folks up in my neck of the woods, with the cold winters, will keep Highland cows, and breed to an angus bull, so that you have the winter-hardiness of a highland and the meat of an angus... Any thoughts on that? My husband are really intrigued by highlands and are thinking of getting some in the spring. do they really browse?
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