Britains cattle

My selection of Britains cattle
The Charolais were made first and then the Angus and Simmental were based on these.The older models of the bulls had a metal nose ring but this wasn't present in new models
The Herefords-the first picture was the original paintwork and the second was a revamp
Next are the older style Dairy bulls and cows/calves
The Jerseys,again the older models in the 1st picture and then the newer models.
Then the Freisians with the older models with horns and the newer models are polled and the calves.
Its strange that when they revamped the cows, the bulls and sitting cows stayed the same!
Also someone may be able to help me-Was the grazing cow with horns ever issued as a Jersey as I have never seen one?Thanks

Quite a few rare ones again. Do you think these calves have their original paint? I have never seen them painted this way:


I have never seen this painting style either, but it is shown in the 1993 catalogue (not in 1992 or 1994). Must be very rare.


No, the 1969-1983 Jersey cow wasn’t made with head down, but Britains made a feeding Jersey cow between 1959 and 1967. The post 1983 feeding Jersey cow also never appeared in the catalogues with its earlier painting style, but clearly it was made.

The Aberdeen-Angus and Simmental cattle are already getting hard to find, even though they were taken out of production only a few years ago (but they weren’t produced for long). The Aberdeen-Angus cattle aren’t completely identical to the Simmental and Charolais. Do you know the difference? (It took me a few years before I discovered it.)

After 1997, the painting of the Jersey cattle changed again. I notice that you don’t have them. Perhaps worth getting them before they become rare too? (They were taken out of production in 2014).

I know they made many, but never knew they made SO many

What a great herd you have

Thanks for the info, Roger

Yes, Britains made lots of cattle and Taylor has a great selection. I have quite a few, but I am very jealous of some of the rare paint variants that Taylor has. Even the more recent ones are often hard to find.

Thank you Susanne.
Thank you very much again Roger for all the wonderful info.The difference I assume with the Angus bull model is he is polled!
I have another 2 Jersey cows this colour.Are they the ones you mean when the redid the Jersey?I think the paint on the calves is genuine or a very good addition.I have a few that have additions to them and it is very obvious on these models.Here is photo of the calves from the other side.
I am so glad to find out all this info and that I have a few rarities as well.

Yes, that's the Jersey style I meant. You have them as well . Another rare one is your early brown cow, but you probably know. Yes, the calves may be genuine. Perhaps a Britains worker felt creative.

Thanks again,Roger much appreciated!I will have to keep an eye out for more of those Jerseys as I only have 2 cows.I had an idea my brown cow was a rarity as she the only one I have seen in plastic,I have some lead brown cows.Yes,may be it was a create your own calf day when the painted those 2!!

I knew you had many but I didn't know you had so many! I know, it sound like a Hong Kong copy of Susanne's post.
I have an Angus and a Highlander, I think both thanks to you, Taylor. I still have a water buffalo that looks a domestic one but presented in wildlife range. Roger is an authority regarding Britains!

Roger wrote:

I knew you had many but I didn't know you had so many! I know, it sound like a Hong Kong copy of Susanne's post.
I have an Angus and a Highlander, I think both thanks to you, Taylor. I still have a water buffalo that looks a domestic one but presented in wildlife range. Roger is an authority regarding Britains!

Beautiful, beautiful cows !

Thank you friends!

Here are the Highland cows that Roger mentioned,I seem to have a dark and light brown version.

Hi all , new to this group as i have been struggling to identify some of my Britains farm animals and my non Britains to find out the makers , could someone advise the best and easiest way to help me with this please as i have over 600 and wish to make an itinery on them.
i also have some cattle which have not been shown on this topic talk that i have seen.
Thanks in advance.
Jamie

Welcome to the forum, Jamie. That sounds like a great cattle collection. Perhaps you could show the cattle that you cannot identify here and we can see which ones we recognise. I think I can identify most Britains, but other brands may be more challenging. I am working to put the farm animals on TAW, but there is still a lot to do and it is a slow process: https://toyanimal.info/wiki/Britains_Plastic_Farm_Series

jamieb78 wrote:

Hi all , new to this group as i have been struggling to identify some of my Britains farm animals and my non Britains to find out the makers , could someone advise the best and easiest way to help me with this please as i have over 600 and wish to make an itinery on them.
i also have some cattle which have not been shown on this topic talk that i have seen.
Thanks in advance.
Jamie

Hello Jamie and welcome on forum. It really sounds exciting! I think you could open your own collection topic on forum and I am sure people here will help you identifying most of your figures and we will also have the joy of watching your collection. From Roger to other members, we have a few experts with British vintage brands that surely will help you as much as they can.

Thanks Roger , bear with me whilst i try figure out how to open a topic and i will have to upload pictures on laptop from my phone.