Mounted head of a Hereford cow. The Hereford cow was prepared very skillfully with a great eye for detail and anatomy. We regularly have special cattle in our assortment.
The Hereford is a breed of cattle originally from the southwest of England.
Around the market town of Hereford, in the second half of the eighteenth century, this characteristically hard and durable beef cattle developed and became so popular that it has become the most common beef cattle breed in the world. There are both horned and polled Herefords.
In the Netherlands the Hereford is mainly kept as a hobby animal or for extensive animal husbandry (c.q. grazing of nature reserves). The Hereford is a powerfully built animal, with a height measured at the hip of approximately 135 to 150 centimeters. Herefords are characterized by a white head, the white eel stripe on the neck and withers. For the rest, the Hereford is red in color. The animal has a natural, heavy muscling and a friendly and calm character. Herefords calve without any problems. The calves have a low birth weight at birth, generally between 30 and 40 kilograms. From inexpensive roughage, the Hereford produces high-quality meat in good quantity.
