Scottish Highland Cows

Highland cows are truly amazing animals. But what to do about those horns? You’ll soon find out if raised properly, that Highlands are quite polite with their horns. They use them for all kinds of handy things, but not, for pushing them in your face.

Even if you have poor pastures and rough land, want your brush cleared, your grass mowed, your forest neat and tidy, Highlands are the breed for you. If you want to spend hundreds of dollars on rich grasses, special feed or vet bills, well, go for another breed.

The Highlands ability to produce top quality meat without the extra expense, bells and whistles, makes this breed the perfect choice.

LifeSprings Highlands live outside all year round, through the cold Ontario winters quite happily. Highlands don't need to hold onto fat to keep warm because of their very thick, well-oiled  double coat, which can grow up to 13 inches throughout the winter months. 

They are easy calvers, giving birth to calves that are hardy and grow rapidly to weaning. They are superb mothers that have a deeply ingrained protective streak. This can keep other animals safe when put into the same field. Remembering one such morning going out to the back field and founding all the Highlands laying in a circle. They were facing outwards with all their calves in the centre of this circle. The two 'head girls' had blood on their horns. Coyotes had come in during the night thinking they had an easy meal...they soon found out about the Scottish Highlands strength.

Unfortunately, the neighbors angus cattle were not so lucky, they lost a cow and calf to the wild pack.

Apparently Highlands, are the oldest Breed of cattle on the planet. There are studies being done on prehistoric cattle breeds and genetics that are using Highland DNA. This tells you a lot of things, one being why they look the way they do, something out of the prehistoric days...(think drawings in caves). Another being why Highlands are so very smart, curious, healthy, and just downright fun to hang with! Many, including some at LifeSpring,  have been known to calve up to and surpass 20 years old, reducing your replacement costs.

Needless to say, you’ll love the Highland Breed.

At LifeSpring they are raised with a great deal of love and respect, and that is what they will give in return. Here they are trained and handled daily, brushed, halter trained, some for pets or show, and continuously introduce new things and people to them. Having many thank you letters from buyers all over Canada, they are constantly amazed at how quiet and easy to handle their new Highlands are.