Highland cattle

The Scottish Highland Cattle, Highland Cattle or Kyloe ( schott Gael. Bò Ghàidhealach " Gaelic beef " ) called, is a breed of cattle house. She was the oldest registered breed cattle, the animals were first registered in 1884.

It comes from the north-west of Scotland and the Hebrides, where she has for centuries developed their properties ascribed by natural selection - the diminutive and relatively light Hochlandrind is considered good-natured, sturdy and durable, it is suitable for year-round free range on heavy cattle unsuitable soils ( suckling ), calves easily and much, even without human assistance. It provides medium frame milk and low cholesterol meat.

Originally there were two races that are normally black and slightly smaller Kyloe who lived on the islands of the north-western Scotland, as well as a more reddish and slightly larger breed from the remote Highlands. By breeding the two breeds were one and gaining today predominant red- brown color. The official names of the color spectrum of the long-haired fur are: red, yellow and black, and - less frequently occurring - brindle (brindle ), gray brown ( dark ) and white.

The long and symmetrical as possible horns are gender-specific shaped differently in the rule. When cops ideally have a strong, horizontally bent forward form. In cows the horns are usually much longer and far sweeping curved upwards.

The breed is particularly suitable for extensive grazing management. Today the breed is bred in many countries worldwide. The first Highland cattle were introduced to Germany in 1975, in the United States they are used since the end of the 19th century.

So-called Small Highlands result from a lack of selective breeding to cover earlier or at very lean feed, as a comparison with the breed in the Hebrides and historical documents show.

Highland Cattle ( Female )

Highland Cattle

Gender male horn position

Scottish Highland Cattle on a pasture in Austria