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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Rosemary on May 20, 2014, 08:40:33 pm

Title: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Rosemary on May 20, 2014, 08:40:33 pm

A couple of photos - Breeze and her 2013 heifer, Bonnie and Blizzard with Mrs Happyhippy, proving that Shetland cattle like people. Even ones they don't know very well  ;)

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Mammyshaz on May 20, 2014, 10:04:45 pm

Ahh  :love: very nice, enjoying some sun  :sunshine: and a tickle  :D

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Louise Gaunt on May 20, 2014, 10:08:45 pm

Very fine cows! And sheep in the background!

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: HappyHippy on May 20, 2014, 10:18:54 pm

 ;D I love your coo's  :love:

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: SallyintNorth on May 20, 2014, 10:40:10 pm

It looks like it's mutual ;)

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: mowhaugh on May 22, 2014, 01:31:40 pm

They are lovely, I have been working with cattle all morning and it really made me miss having cows.

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Ladygrey on May 22, 2014, 07:51:16 pm

They look lovely  :love:

I do like shetlands, they have big eyes like jerseys and pretty horns

They are alot bigger/taller than I assumed they were!! I thought they were little like dexters! how much do they weigh?

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Rosemary on May 23, 2014, 08:48:42 am

About 450 - 500kg for a cow, I believe. If one stands on your foot, it's a lot more in lbs/square inch  ;D

Yes, they are bigger than the Dexters but docile by nature. We got 163kg beef from last year's bullock at 28 months or so.

Title: Re: My cows. And Happyhippy
Post by: Ladygrey on May 23, 2014, 01:18:20 pm

Thanks Rosemary, :) the are a nice size! not giant but not too tiny

I just looked up the shetland cattle website and I am very impressed with some of the commercial simmental calves!  :o  :o  :o

The bulls look huge aswel!!