Mrs1885
Loving the herd life
I keep reading info on cattle and I'm leaning toward Scottish Highland. That said, IF we decide to get cattle, it's a HUGE decision and I don't want to choose the wrong breed for us.
We only have about 7 and a half acres right now. If we decide to get into cattle we will be buying about 20 acres for them. We are in a mostly farming community. We know with such a small piece of land we will be greatly limited in how many we can have.
Goal is to maybe make a little money. I know it won't be much if anything. We have goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks. Will be adding other fowl at some point, but they will be in a different pasture.
We are in middle TN. Great vet, hubby retired and I work from home, so we are literally here 24/7. Not sure what other info is relevant.
I guess two questions - how did you choose your breed and would cattle be possible for us? If so, do SH sound like a possible breed for us, or would other breeds be better? Another species maybe?
We only have about 7 and a half acres right now. If we decide to get into cattle we will be buying about 20 acres for them. We are in a mostly farming community. We know with such a small piece of land we will be greatly limited in how many we can have.
Goal is to maybe make a little money. I know it won't be much if anything. We have goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks. Will be adding other fowl at some point, but they will be in a different pasture.
We are in middle TN. Great vet, hubby retired and I work from home, so we are literally here 24/7. Not sure what other info is relevant.
I guess two questions - how did you choose your breed and would cattle be possible for us? If so, do SH sound like a possible breed for us, or would other breeds be better? Another species maybe?