These are our foundation breeding stock.  They are not for sale.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We've been blessed again!  Our SIX 2010 calves thus far are 100% heifers!

A 2010 calf on her first day.  22 lbs at birth.


Our earliest purchase, Goldilocks, a Scottish Highlands cow and her 2 year old heifer calf, Snow White. 
Goldilocks is our herd matriarch and like many Highlands, she is moody and needy but this has it's rewards.  She prefers to be in the yard, helping keep the grass trimmed!
Like many bottle raised animals, she is quite offended about being in the pasture with her peers, she'd rather be fussed over, praised and brushed.

Snow White on her first day on Earth, 10-20-08.   She camoflaged perfectly with our sheep :)

 

A Mini Charolais calf, a heifer, born 1-29-10 and already showing terriffic conformation.  Her sire is the mini Charolais on the Sale Ring page.

A mini limousin/zebu hybrid cow with her heifer calf born 7-11-10


Mini Longhorns, Mom and her 2010 Daughter.  Daughter seems to be polled (without horns)!


Mini Zebu cow and her 2010 Daughter. 
Mom is a great example of a good cow that looks poor year around because she eats for three-usually feeding a calf while pregnant.  She has had 4 gorgeous calves for us and is a super Mom!


Mini heifer hybrid calf, 50% mini holstien.

 

AHNOLLLD, the governor of cowlifornia! 
Our mini Holstein bull, the alpha of our herd and the sire of nearly all calves here.  Check out the neck muscle on this guy! 
And before you ask, there is NOT buffalo in his genetics! 
Despite his mass, he is docile and even tempered.. 

Miniature Holstein cow at 40 1/2".  Excellent producer but not friendly!


Miniature Holstein Cow,  is 41 1/2"  at 3 years.


Mini Holstein heifer calf, very small and getting friendlier every day!


Mini Jersey heifer.  She was bottle fed and is very friendly and tame.

WHAT?  It's 96 degrees and I was hot, so if you are not here to feed me, then give a lady some privacy!  I'm taking a bath!


Just chillin'

 

BE CAREFUL when buying "miniatures"!  This is a picture of a very small DWARF heifer.  Not a miniature, a dwarf-very different from a miniature! 
Note the misshapen belly, swayed back and the unusually large head, equating to extremely poor conformation. 
This is (in our non-scientific) opinion an excellent example of a dwarfism gene called Achondroplasia.   These are often passed off as miniatures and can be found at auctions, because as soon as the new owner is educated, they often take them back to the sale barn.
These dwarf cattle often die in calving and although a C-section is performable by many vets, the best you can hope for is a cow that should not be bred again and a normal calf with dwarf genes. 
She was 32" tall and passed at less than three years of age.


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