Our Highlands aren’t pasture ornaments raised at a distance — they’re hand-fed, halter-trained, and around people every single day. When you buy from Cedar Pond Farms, you’re buying a cow that already likes humans.
Just curious? 12 questions worth knowing before you own one — free, no obligation, and a farmer here reads what you write.
Free — the twelve questions every Highland buyer should be able to answer, sent to your own portal, where a farmer writes back personally. Or meet the whole herd →
Scotland’s oldest breed is famously hardy and gentle — but temperament isn’t only genetics, it’s handling. Every day at Cedar Pond Farms our Highlands are fed, brushed, and given treats by our farm guides and by guests on our cow experiences. That daily contact is the single biggest reason our animals are easy to work with when they get to your place.
Our herd is hand-fed and given treats by guests daily on our cow experiences. They’re used to being approached, touched, brushed, and photographed — not skittish, not flighty.
Our cattle have had a halter on them and are used to being led and worked with. That head start is worth an enormous amount the first time you need to move, load, or treat your animal.
All routine veterinary treatments are done on schedule — vaccinations, worming, and health checks — so your animal leaves here current and we can tell you exactly what it’s had and when.
We strongly recommend every new buyer book a Premium Cow Encounter before purchasing. This isn’t an upsell — it’s the best two hours you can spend before taking on an animal that may live 15–20 years.
You’ll get extended, hands-on time with the herd: feeding, brushing, and behind-the-scenes access. You’ll see how they actually behave, how they’re handled, what daily care really looks like, and you can ask us every question you have — fencing, feed, shelter, hoof care, temperament, cost of keeping. Most buyers tell us it completely changed what they thought they were getting into.
Buying a Highland is a long commitment. We’d rather you meet them, ask the hard questions, and be certain — than take one home and discover it wasn’t the fit you pictured.
Book a Premium Cow EncounterNo pressure and nothing owed until step three. Most people take weeks between these, and that is exactly how we’d want it for an animal that may live twenty years.
Sign up and we send them straight to your own portal — twelve questions about your land, your setup and your plans. A farmer reads every answer personally and writes back with honest advice, including “not yet” when that’s the honest answer.
Your portal keeps your answers, our reply, and a place to ask us anything in between. You also join our mailing list, and our text list if you’d like, so you hear when new calves are on the ground.
Get the 12 questionsA Premium Cow Encounter: feeding, brushing, behind-the-scenes time, and every question you have about fencing, feed, shelter, hoof care and what a Highland really costs to keep. Most buyers tell us it changed what they thought they were getting into.
Too far to visit? A virtual version is coming — say so in your portal and we’ll let you know first.
Book a Premium Cow EncounterWhen you know which Highland is yours, a deposit holds her in your name and takes her off the available list. Nothing is held until the deposit is paid — and we only take one on an animal that is genuinely available.
Fallen for a calf? We keep raising her here until she’s about six months old — weaned, halter-started and used to people — then hand off complete vet records. We answer our buyers’ questions for as long as they own the animal; that never expires.
See available Highlands & reserveThese animals are currently for sale. Open a card to see more photos and details — or reserve with a deposit when you’re ready.
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Curious how we treat the herd — and the guests who come to know them? Read what our guests say →
A deposit formally reserves an available Highland for you — nothing is held until it is paid. Prefer to talk first? You can send your interest without paying, on the same screen.
New to us? Answer the twelve questions first — it is free, and it is how we make sure a Highland suits your place before anyone pays anything.
A Highland can live twenty years — worth knowing what’s really involved before you decide anything. The 12 questions worth answering first, free, no obligation — a farmer reads every answer personally and writes back honestly. Sometimes that answer is “not yet”, and we would far rather say so now.
Free, and nothing owed — answering them does not commit you to an animal.
Tell us a little about what you’re looking for and we’ll follow up personally with availability, pricing, and honest advice about whether a Highland is right for your place.
Cedar Pond Farms