Mini Cow Dams

We got Betty by way of a trade for one of our herd sires, T T. We had the hardest time naming her, until one day we realized we were always singing "Black Betty" when we saw her so ... Betty it is!

Darina is HHCA-A registered (as Steadfast Darina) and a granddaughter of Big Ridge Voodoo Magic. She is very small framed but non-chondro, and her reddish baby coat mostly shed out to a beautiful black, so I suspect she has a little wildtype in her. She an amazing and lovely heifer, definitely a ranch favorite.

Jester was the first calf born on our ranch. We raised her up and then let her go. We always feel a little sentimental.

Maria is a yellow highland with a beautiful coat, lovely horns, and perfect conformation. Oh, and she has blue eyes! She is HHCA-B registered (as Steadfast Marie) and has the deep body and thick head that we love.

We lost our beautiful girl Peanut and her unborn calf on Mother's Day, May 12, 2024, to a suspected brain tumor. We were heartbroken and still can't believe she's gone. ******************* Peanut is a gorgeous, gorgeous highland girl. She's a perfect example of how color coat genetics are so interesting -- we thought she was yellow, but she's actually double wildtype and double dilution (E+/E+ and Dh/Dh). Which explains a lot about why her first calf with us, Thor, has yellow or dun tips instead of black! ​ Peanut is about as calm as a cow can be, yet she's second in command and doesn't take any sh**. When we picked Peanut up and drove her 14 hours across the country, she didn't even stress at all -- chilled in the trailer, ate and drank, unloaded, and fit right in. In fact, Boots immediately adopted her as his girlfriend.

​This girl is new to our herd as of January 2025. She's supposedly a white park, but her tri-colors have me stumped! ​

New to our ranch in January 2025, this girl is a lowline cross. She's micro mini and the smallest mature girl we have next to Tink the beltie.

I love the beautiful dun girls, and this one is no exception. Bossy is confirmed black/wildtype and single dilution (Ed/E+ and Dh/N). Her best feature is her big brown eyes and long hairy coat. Bossy has never quite been pettable -- Cookies, yes! Petting, no! But her babies .. we sweeten them right up!

Fireball, who's name changed from Gracie when we realized she's a spicy redhead, is a beautiful deep red that we can't wait to replicate. She's HHCA-B registered (as Steadfast Gracie).

Lelo is a beautiful mid sized belted Galloway. She'll do almost anything for a treat or sweet alfalfa, and is not shy about using her reverse moo to let you know when she wants something. We often joke that she should've been renamed bossy as the namesake of our ranch, but her name's been Lelo for too long to change it now. She's everyone's mom, she's got the stink eye down, and they all do what she says.

Marianne is our only mature black highland, and she has very classic conformation to go with those goalpost horns. Marianne is pretty chill, and she's a fan of cookies and grain.

Tink used to be the shyest of the shy along the the littlest of the little on our ranch. Now she's just the littlest, at the bottom end of mini but not quite micro.

This specklepark girl is new to our herd as of January 2025. She's in the mini range and bred to a small white park bull for a fall calf. She is also exposed to Boots and depending on when the calf comes we'll know who's the Baby Daddy.

Carter came to us all the way from Texas after she magically appeared in our trailer after we delivered a calf for someone else! We got her home and she's so tiny! ​

Ginger is an amazing deep red, mid-mini highland. She's super sweet and social and will do anything for a treat. And her calves are amazing with her same temperament. If you come visit, you'll meet Cash, who is the first keeper we've ever had and if from Boots x Ginger.

Lovey is a beautify mid-mini yellow highland (red/wild, Dh/n), registered HHCA-B. Lovey ... is not actually very lovey. But we needed a Gilligan's Island name to go with Marianne and Ginger. She's got a gorgeous face and shape. And she makes AH-MAZING babies with Ryder. So we'll keep working on ranch skills like petting.

Millstone is an HHCA-B registered girl, and and she's named after our good friends who were out celebrating their 25th anniversary the day we decided to bring her home. We hope she will keep a bit of her frosting to add to our herd. Color testing is pending.

This White Park girl is new to our herd as of January 2025. She's in the mini range and bred to a small white park bull for a fall calf. She is also exposed to Boots and depending on when the calf comes we'll know who's the Baby Daddy.

Quite a departure to our usual, but she sure does make cute calves! We did think she was polled, but ... turns out her horns are growing out.