Recent content by Highland Girl

Thanks Dun. I have a cow that 6 months ago the vet said that she was not pregnant. Yesterday I saw discharge and wanted to know if it was just the mucus during estrus or if it was pre calving discharge. Sounds like there is no way to tell them apart and I will just have to wait and find out...

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2002 12:57 am by Vicki the Vet There are two different mucous discharges which you are lumping into the same category. #1 Thick slime, often yellowish in colour produced within the last 1-2 months pre calving, usually scant but can certainly slime the tail #2...

If you go here http://www.highlandcattlesociety.com/sale_averages.php It will give you all the sale averages for 2005. You can also do a data base search of all pedigree highlands that are registered with the society. Hope that helps Highland Girl

We also would never cut the hair on our highlands. They are a very hardy animal and yes God made them that way so why mess with perfection. If we had to cut the hair that would be a pain. There is enough to do with out having to give 13 highland cattle a hair cut. Highland Girl

Took the photo down to the vets. They think that is caused by an virus and will go away by itself. That I should just keep checking to make sure it dosen't get infected. Highland Girl

We are due to have our first calf in the next two weeks. Dozer is the dad!! He has produced fine calves in the past. We are very excited! When we had to go and pick up our highlands it was about an hours drive away. I was so excited that I nearly got dumped on the side of the road by my...

Some people say to trim the hair others say to leave it alone as it protects the eyes. I say leave it alone because most times we can only get him backwards into the crush or if we manage to get him the right way round he ususally jumps straight out before we can get the head lock down...

He maybe looks slightly longer in the photo but he is long in the body. We will be selling him soon as his mother was related to some of the females in the fold. I would have loved it if he was halter trained as it makes them so much better to work with and we could have kept him for...

Not that I know of. The site is the back inside leg just above the joint. It is on a 9 month old highland calf. Highland Girl

And he's not very hairy!! I have seen Highlands in Scotland with a lot more hair!! Would love to take a brush to him but he will not let me that close. Highland Girl

Hi, Could anyone tell me what this is and what is the best treatment? Sorry the pics are not very good. Calf shy and I was trying to stay kicking distance away!! :) Thanks Highland Girl

Hi This is our highland bull. Please tell me what you think of him. He has never been halter trained so can not take him to shows. Thanks Highland Girl

We wanted to change house and jobs so we up and moved half way around the world with our kids. Thought about it, sold the house, and sent my husband to england all within 6 weeks. Don't miss home. Happy where we are at the moment but I think that a time will come when we move on again...

Highland Girl looks after highland cattle and is infact a Kiwi girl who grew up on a new zealand farm and now living in England! And the next question people ask me is 'Why the he** did you leave NZ to live in England?' Highland Girl

I've been told cattle can eat Apples, Potatoes, Onions, Kiwifruit & Carrots. Does anyone here have any comments about feeding these? What else can cattle eat? Thanks Highland Girl