No, no, I meant 10 acres in total for all your animals, not per head. That means i'd need 50 acres for just 5 cattle? I'm in Ohio, which i know can be a big difference in animal to acres, but 10 acres seems like A LOT. I have a 5.5-6 acre pasture split into two paddocks and they aren't even making a dent in the new growth." That was information I was finding in Homesteading Today, with a person in PA. "I have 3 adult Highland cows, 3 yearling bulls and one new calf. I think without the drought we might have made it a bit longer but you have to plan on the worst happening anyways and be happy when it doesn't.īTW.I love highland cows! Cows with bangs! Everything came back nice but I kept them dry lotted in Jan, Feb and most of March to keep them from picking it clean. We also had an early growing spurt which gave us grass early. I live in MO and we're having a rainy season that is making up for our loses last year. Really I ran out sooner than that but they would still pick at it without leaving dirt and I didn't feel I had to pull them off to save my pastures till about Jan. I ran out of anything to eat about November and had to supplement till April. This spring I had 25 lambs with those ewes and like you they aren't making a dent. They naturally rotated from the cool weather clover field in the spring and early summer to the one with the warm weather grass later. I ran 13 ewes and 2 rams on 17 acres with no fencing but 2 separate fields, one warm weather grass and 1 cool weather grass. And I'd bring them off so that you didn't over graze as needed. No matter what, when you hit your dry season and winter with those numbers and that small a spot you are going to have to supplement. If you watch closely, move them as quick as you need to, as soon as you see them eating more than is growing. Which isn't that bad a thing if you can find cheap hay. I'm thinking 10 acres cut into 2 tracts might get you a while if you were letting them graze 1 tract per week but then you'd get to the summer slow down or winter no growing and you'd be left supplementing your cows. You might not be making a dent in it now but in a few months they will pick each lot clean rather quickly. Let's say you have 10 acres for 4 cattle and cut it into small 1 acre plots. (Susan Field can be reached at or follow her on Facebook at /#!/susan.k.field).I don't do cattle so I'm just surmising. to 5 p.m.: Border collie exhibitionġ0 a.m.: Kirking of the Tartan Service at First Presbyterian Church, 495 Charles Ave.ġ1 a.m.: Harp for All Workshop 1 to 6 p.m,: Entertainment Tent, featuring The Rogues and Chelsea House Orchestraģ p.m.: Bordran Workshop 5 p.m.: Closing ceremoniesĪdmission: Tickets at the gate are $15 for adults, $10 for children 6 to 17 and for seniors over 62, free for children 5 or younger. to 5 p.m.: Scottish cattle exhibitionĩ a.m. The festival continues today, with numerous events, including:Ĩ a.m.: Solo piping and drumming competitionĩ a.m.: Great Lakes Amateur Athletic Competitionĩ a.m. Their thick, double coats and natural hardiness allow them to adapt to many climates, shedding much of their hair in warmer temperatures. Highlands also tend to have smaller calves, thus have less difficultly birthing, she said. ‘Antlers fall off but horn have their own blood supply and get bigger.’ ‘The horns just tend to keep growing,’ she said. Highland cattle also have horns that continue to grow, and Sue showed visitors a photograph of one of the couples’ steer that has a horn span of 75 inches from tip to tip. Sue and Paul have some Highland cows that are still producing calves at age 15, she said. Highland cattle also grow more slowly – Frosty and Zelda will likely reach about 1,400 pounds when they are fully mature – and the breed lives longer, according to Sue. That lowers the amount of cholesterol, and the thick coats on Highland cattle keep them warm so they don’t carry as much fat, Sue said. They are more like cattle were in the past, grazing on grasses and not eating grains, she said. Highland cattle are used for beef, which is lower in cholesterol and fat than other breeds, Sue said. ‘They’re not shy.’īoth heifers, or female cattle that have not yet calved, Frosty and Zelda and the offspring of Ossian, a 2,000 pounds Highland bull.įrosty’s mother is Questa, and Zelda’s is Velvet, cattle that the Bombardts’ own at their farm. ‘Their natural disposition is calm but confident,’ Sue said.
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