Highland Cattle

Meet one of our most bloved animals on the farm: Huckleberry the Highland bull. You can find him in the Children’s Barn.

Highland Cattle are known for their iconic ginger (orange) coats, though they used to come in other colors too! It’s said that Queen Victoria loved the red coat, so over time, more Highland cows became ginger instead of black. They come from the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland and were first mentioned 1500 years ago!

These cows are great for helping with nature projects because they love to eat bushes and trees, which helps clear the forest floor and create meadows. Before coming to the Rare Breeds Centre, Huckleberry was a champion at the Kent County Show when he was only 6 months old!

They usually.  have long horns and long wavy coats. Huckleberry doesn’t have the kinds of horns usually seen on Highland cattle, as he was de-horned as a calf. He arrived on the farm at 18 months old, from a local school farm, where he won a Champion rosette for their Young Farmers at the Kent County Show.