1500-1600 Cattle

[flags_of_war]

I know this might seem stupid but Im going to do a Reiver game next year with the Crann Tara Reivers and i was wondering what would be best to use for some cattle?

A guy in our club has used these for a Wild West game. Could i get away with using them for 1500-1600 Borders or would it have been a different breed?

[Lowtardog]

Nothing to stop you using them mate as cattle was a very serious business.


Old Northumbrian breeds are Galloway Blue Grey, Whitebred Shorthorn so coluor would be the key

but also equally highland cattle were bred in the area too

[Eric the Shed]

Redoubt do some good cattle

[flags_of_war]

Redoubt do some good cattle

Excellent. I had never seen them and the price is decent as well and i can get sheep too

[Captain Blood]

Gripping Beast do some hairy rare breeds of both cattle and sheep iirc...

[fastolfrus]

I generally look at Rare Breeds Survival Trust for most things animal related.
https://www.rbst.org.uk/

There was a thread on Viking livestock not long ago:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=57226.0

[Paleskin]

i read the title as if you were looking to paint 1500-1600 cattle!

[Plynkes]

Being from Hereford I can tell you that the white-faced Hereford did not exist in the 1500s, it is more modern than that. Fine for the Wild West, but look for a blue police box if your border reivers bump into any. 

[flags_of_war]

i read the title as if you were looking to paint 1500-1600 cattle!

eesh imagine the thought of doing such a project. Cattle wargaming haha

Thanks for all the help guys.