How long?
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Travlr
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Check back several posts. It's an interesting read.
I don't know about "thousands" of years, but after reading the article it's less hard to believe.
dave_shelby
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I have no experience with highlands but we know a few budding homesteaders and all seem to want them.
RMC, what is the science you are talking about?
RMC, what is the science you are talking about?
You actually have to open your eyes and look and read what I have posted. It's All there , but continue to walk around with your hands over you eyes and continue to cry I can't see , I can't see
And this changes the facts how?
You can lead a horse to water but you can make him drink!
kenny thomas
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A huge difference between a heritage breed and a miniature. I remember very well the cattle of the early 1960's. Not the 300lb dwarfs of today
Son of Butch
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Frame size has always been selected by location. Jersey cows were developed on Isle of Jersey to fit environment as were Brown Swiss, Simmental and Holstein Friesians on the European continent. In 1970 Curtiss breeding service promoted Milu Bettey Ivanhoe Chief as 1 of only a few bulls in America from a cow weighing a ton! Today you can go to any sale barn and see Holstien slaughter cows every week weighing well over a ton.
Travlr
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This from @Rmc post on the first page: https://bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/36n2a4.pdf
@kenny thomas, @dave_shelby
@kenny thomas, @dave_shelby
chaded
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The sale barn I go to posted yesterday there are 3-4 highlands that will be for sale. I don't believe they are minis but they are going to be in the small animal sale. 
In less than 24 hours there were over 90 comments on that post from people interested and that is about 10x the amount of posts that they get on 'normal' cattle. I haven't been keeping track but it seems like that has been par for the course for awhile now.
In less than 24 hours there were over 90 comments on that post from people interested and that is about 10x the amount of posts that they get on 'normal' cattle. I haven't been keeping track but it seems like that has been par for the course for awhile now.
You have to take the blinders off to see.
Changing the topics won't help either.
Dwarfism is a genetic mutation.
Most widely accepted definition of "mini" is a cow that is 42 inches or shorter at the hooks at the age of 24 months regardless of weight.
So continue to remain blind to what is right in front of you.
kenny thomas
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Still not the minitures of today
kenny thomas
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Everyone can raise mini's then. I'm not arguing with you about this. They are totally a waste of money and grass. Have a great night.
Son of Butch
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But there's a shortage of Shetland ponies for the cattle drives.
kenny thomas
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One last comment.
Try sending a pot load of the mini's to a feed yard. I'm betting you can't get a feed yard to accept them for free.
Try sending a pot load of the mini's to a feed yard. I'm betting you can't get a feed yard to accept them for free.
Peace
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You're correct, however probably every person that is buying a mini isn't looking at it from your perspective. They're not in the beef business and profit is not a consideration.
kenny thomas
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Back to my original post, when they get tired of feeding them the genetics will still be out there. And anyone that doesn't believe it's a fad are wearing the blinders.
So which on of these highlands in this pic from cattle drove in Scotland in the late 1970-early 1980s don't fit the definition of "mini"?
By the way this is the second time I have posted this pic in this thread.
Travlr
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kenny thomas
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Again those aren't the mini's of today.
