Raintree Heritage Highlands
Introducing our Fold of Heritage Scots Heilan Coos
Meet our calves here!
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GWR Brig Waylon
DOB: 3/7/2016
ID: RRH 001
Registration: HHCA H-001060
Sire: TX Brig Casper (AHCA #40078)
Dam: TX Brig Amilie (AHCA #43980)
Waylon is our Foundation Sire, possessing small framed "heritage type" stature and outstanding conformation; strong level topline, deep body with powerful shoulders and rear quarters, short straight legs, and exceptional feet.
Waylon is the result of selective linebreeding going back to foundation bull Lapland of Glen Osprey Farms, out of Scottish stock imported to Canada in the mid 1970's. GOF Lapland's sire was Leodhas of Douineside, son of champion bull Exhibit of Strathallen (highest selling Highland bull of all time at his point of sale). His dam was Diedre of Dibden, whom breeder David Pease regarded as the finest of the imported pedigreed females, estimating that she contributed as much to the quality of his fold as did Leodhas. Lapland appears in Waylon's pedigree 8 times, and continued selective linebreeding down thru the Stormhaven, Maru, and Brigadoon lines have ensured that such desirable traits and prepotency have remained alive and intact down thru the decades.
Waylon is a genetic powerhouse that takes his job seriously and "gets er done" every time, heavily stamping every calf he sires with his excellent physical characteristics and calm, gentle temperment.
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GWR Brig Heather
DOB: 8/09/2016
ID: RRH 002
Registration: HHCA B-001318
Sire: TX Brig Casper
Dam: GWR Dayna
Half sister to Waylon, Heather is the quintessential "scottish type" cow, thick and square with a superb head and beautiful copper red hair. She is fond of brushing and scratches and anything that might be even remotely edible.
She throws wonderful, low birthweight calves that are virtual clones of herself, and has earned her place as one of our proven and prized mamas.
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GWR Brig Sage
DOB: 7/14/2016
ID: RRH 003
Registration: HHCA B-001317
Sire: TX Brig Casper
Dam: GWR Meghan
Sage is a rather petite cow with a fine and very feminine head, beautiful cream colored hair, and excellent udder and feet. She is half sister to Waylon and Heather, and so shares many of their exceptional traits. Sage is an Impact Dam, as she first calved at 33 months of age and has calved at under 12 month intervals every year since. All 5 of her calves have been nearly identical, snow white beauties.
Sage is also a bit of a character, her slightly crooked horns are a perfect match for her quirky personality.
Raintree's Princess Buttercup
DOB: 6/15/2017
ID: RRH 004
Registration: Unregistered Cross
Sire: LLO Benny
Dam: TMR Daisy
Butters is a high percentage Highland cross, her sire the famous Highland/Miniature Hereford bull "Benny" and her Dam a Highland/Dexter out of Trembath Mtn Ranch. She is one of our smallest framed mature cows, with a lovely compact conformation and the Black Baldy coloration she inherited from her sire.
Despite her short stature, Buttercup has the biggest personality in our fold, and passes on her wonderfully friendly dog-like nature to her beautiful calves.
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Raintree's Ragnhild
DOB: 2/18/2013
ID: RRH 005
Registration: HHCA B-001418
Sire: APF Blackie Lawless
Dam: Parson's Poppy
Rags is the Raintree Fold's matriarch and CEO. She is calm and patient, yet carries herself with the confidence and graceful authority of a born leader. Her mothering ability and dedication are second to none, her calves both literally and figuratively following right in her footsteps.
Ragnhild is also absolutely gorgeous in every respect, with one of the most magnificent sets of Highland horns to be found anywhere.
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Raintree's Freyja
DOB: 2/2/2017
ID: RRH 006
Registration: HHCA B-001417
Sire: APF Thor
Dam: APF Scarlett
Short and square with a beautiful feminine head, outstanding conformation and mothering ability, Impact Dam Freyja is one of the real sweethearts in our fold. She has a very zen-like presence about her, and passes this quality on to her progeny.
In short, Freyja is a little Champ!
Raintree's Black Raine
DOB: 9/26/2018
ID: RRH 007
Registration: HHCA Pending
Sire: APF Black Magic
Dam: Raintree's Ragnhild
Raine is our little black beauty, very petite and feminine, with absolutely beautiful amber eyes and jet black hair. She is calm and curious, and quite friendly. She has excellent conformation, udder, and feet, and has also inherited her dam Ragnhild's fertility and calving ease, and is well on her way to Impact Dam status herself in 2023!
Red Rock Tira (Lady Lorelei)
DOB: 12/12/2015
ID: RLM 001
Registration: AHCA 55950
Sire: Bogger's Woolly Bully
Dam: Honey Creek Heidi
Lorelei descends from some excellent small framed bloodlines, and is just a beautiful example of a brindle Highland mama, with outstanding conformation, udder and feet. Utterly calm, collected, and independent, Lorelei is Second in Charge of our fold, and a real favorite here at Raintree.
Red Rock Catriona (Astrid)
DOB: 7/20/2018
ID: RLM 002
Registration: AHCA 58337
Sire: Red Willow Dillion
Dam: RR Tira (Lorelei)
"Auntie Astrid" took to mothering before she'd even had her first calf, as she often played nanny to the new calves. The mama's trust her completely, and the babies love their playgroup time with their Auntie.
Astrid is a lovely flaxen red, and boasts having the most beautiful tail in our fold, long and thickly haired with platinum gold highlights. She inherited her dam Lorelei's intelligence, calm demeanor, conformation, udder and feet. She still plays Auntie to the new calves, and now has two of her own in the gang as well!
RW Glee (Autumn Flower)
DOB: 10/30/2018
ID: RLM 003
Registration: AHCA 58606
Sire: Prairie Grass Hill Crackerjack
Dam: Red Willow Velveteen
Flower Power. Autumn Flower is out of some tremendous old "heritage type" bloodlines and is just a perfect little package in every way. Short and square, calm and confident, excellent udder and feet, with striking platinum dun coloration and magnificent classic highland head and hair. Her calving ease and mothering ability are second to none, and her calves are always amongst our very best.
Flower Power indeed!
RW Goldie (Prairie Blossom)
DOB: 12/09/2018
ID: RLM 004
Registration: AHCA 58607
Sire: Prairie Grass Hill Crackerjack
Dam: Red Willow Yoletta
Half sister to Flower, Blossom is her virtual twin in every regard except color and horn set. Her dam is the smallest framed cow in the Red Willow Fold of old blood "heritage type" highlands, and she passed her perfect little figure on to her daughter.
Prairie Blossom follows her sis Flower in calving ease, mothering ability and outstanding offspring.
