Step One · Before You Buy

The 12 Questions

A Highland can live twenty years. Before we sell you one, there are twelve things worth knowing about your land, your setup and your plans — and a farmer here reads every answer personally and writes back.

Before You Buy

The 12 Questions You Need to Answer
Before You Buy a Scottish Highland Cow

A Highland can live twenty years. Before we sell you one, we ask twelve questions about your land, your setup and your plans — and a farmer reads every answer personally and writes back. Sometimes that answer is “not yet”, and we would far rather say so now than after you have brought an animal home.

⏱ About three minutes ✍️ A farmer replies, not a form 🔓 Your own portal, free

Nearly everyone who calls us has thought hard about the fence — and then gets caught by something else entirely. That is why we put all twelve in one place.

What the twelve cover

  • Your experience with cattle
  • Your land, and how much of it is pasture
  • Company — Highlands do badly alone
  • A large-animal vet within reach
  • Getting her home
  • Fencing, water and shelter
  • One, a pair, or a small herd
  • Zoning and permits
  • Your timeline, and what you want from her

How it works: tell us who you are below and we email you a link to your own portal. The twelve are waiting there — answer them at your own pace, from the barn or the kitchen table, and a farmer here reads them and writes back to you in it.

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Free, and nothing owed — answering the twelve does not commit you to an animal, and we will never ring you out of the blue. Just have a question instead? Use our contact form →

Not Ready Yet?

That is a perfectly good answer, and it is one of the things the twelve are for. Read about the breed and how buying from us works, meet the animals who are available, or come and spend two hours with the herd before you decide anything.