Scottish Highland Cattle

Our Highland herd currently consists of our "new" bull Hamish (RIP Fergus, our first bull), 9 mature cows, several steers and heifers between 1 & 2 years old,  and 2 calves so far this summer, with hopefully 7 more.  These are a primitive, slow-maturing breed, not reaching butchering or calving age until about 3 years old.  We think their other attributes (calving ease, hardiness, thriftiness, highest quality meat) more than make it worth the wait!  We keep all the girls to continue building our herd, and have the steers processed for our own table as well as sale at local farmers markets.