2025 Calves

At this stage all of our mini calves born in 2024 have found homes. Below is an idea of what we have arriving in September of 2025. We will be scanning in February 2025 which will hopefully give us an idea of who is in calf to who and of gender.

We will have a small number of feeder calves (or, as the Americans call them, "bottle babies") available in July and August 2025. These calves are out of our dairy heifers and sired by our mini white Galloway bull, Boris, so will be some variation of white with coloured markings.

We prefer to sell in pairs unless you already have mini cattle. You will need a minimum of one hectare (2.5 acres) of good grazing for two mini cows. You will need good fencing, troughs and yards.

If you are planning to get into breeding mini cows you will need to have experience with cattle as well as a race with a crush in case you need to call a vet.

We wean our mini calves at about 6 months, so calves will be ready from March 2025. Calves are vaccinated and drenched at weaning. We are NAIT registered and our TB status is C10.

We are a commercial beef and dairy operation, we are members of the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP) and are subject to stringent audits of our property, facilities, stock handling and animal health and feed management.

Our animals have daily contact with humans and are quiet but the new owners will need to be patient and handle them daily to make them pets.

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Pairings for 2025

This season, each of our three bulls were paired with three cows. The aim of our breeding programme is to breed fluffy, mini, polled calves with interesting colours. We are still in the very early stages of this programme and we are excited to see what our first full breeding year brings in 2025.

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Boris the Miniature Galloway Bull

Boris

Boris is a chondro positive miniature White Galloway measuring 94cm at the hip. Boris is quiet and treat trained (will come for snacks) he is dominant white so all of his calves are white with coloured markings.

Boris went in with some dairy hefiers so we are expecting some feeder calves in July and August. Boris has gone in with our Highland girls so we are hoping for three mini Galloway/Highland calves. He also went in as clean up so he will have got anyone the other boys missed - he's good like that.

MIniature Galloway and MIniature Highland Calves from Marlowe Park

Mooska

Mooska is a white Highland, she was disbudded as a calf (not polled), she has had two bull calves to Boris and it's such a winning combo we couldn't resist rolling the dice with these two again - maybe it will be third time lucky for a heifer!

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MIniature Galloway and MIniature Highland Calves from Marlowe Park

Agatha

Agatha is a polled Highland (Hummel) she is black with stunning highlights and one of our friendliest cows. Agatha lost her first calf to Boris but had the amazing Elsie in 2024. We love this combo so much we put Agatha back in with Boris for a 2025 calf.

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Belle

Belle is a mid sized miniature Highland, she has great Highland genetics and was disbudded as a calf (she is not polled). Hopefully 2025 is the first year Belle will have a calf, we have put her with Boris as we love the mini Galloway/Highland combo. We are looking forward to seeing what colour markings Belle's calf will have.

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Derek

Derek is the new boy on the block (this is him before the husband decided he needed a hair cut!). He is impossibly short and we are not convinced he will have reached his ladies this year, but where there's a will there's a way!

Derek has been matched with three of our polled ladies who we are hoping will pass on their polled genes, their great colouring and their perfect personalities.

Blue

Blue is our mini Speckle Park (Speckle Park cross Dexter) and she is a dream - great colour, always in amazing condition, and popped out her first calf with no issue before coming into lots of milk.

We would love to see a calf that has Blue's roan coat but some of Derek's fluff. Having said that, Dusty let himself in with Derek's girls so we might be getting a lucky dip!

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Shawty

Shawty is a mini Highland cross Shorthorn. She is short and polled with a perfect roan coat. We are hoping for a 75% Highland calf from Shawty in September but as you can see by the size difference between her and Derek, he might not have reached. There's a chance Shawty might pop out a Dusty baby or a Boris baby.

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Betty

Betty (on the left with her sister Cleo on the right) is a mini Galloway crossed with a polled (Hummel) Highland. Betty is 88cm tall and full of sass.

Betty spent six weeks in with Derek so we are hoping for a 75% Highland from her this year, but there's a chance Dusty beat him to it and we will get a 75% mini Belted Galloway.

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Dusty

Derek is the new boy on the block (this is him before the husband decided he needed a hair cut!). He is impossibly short and we are not convinced he will have reached his ladies this year, but where there's a will there's a way!

Derek has been matched with three of our polled ladies who we are hoping will pass on their polled genes, their great colouring and their perfect personalities.

Blair

Blair is high percentage Highland (showing off some impressive Highland horns) with her Hereford heritage showing through in her white face.

Blair has been paired with Dusty this season, we are hoping for a polled, fluffy calf with a white face and a white belt.

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Briar

Briar has also been matched with Dusty in the hopes of getting a polled Panlander calf. Dun is the wild card colour and with both Dusty and Briar being dun we are in for a surprise when it comes to the colour of their calf in 2025.

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Cleo

Cleo is half miniature Belted Galloway, half polled (Hummel) Highland. She has been matched with Dusty so her calf will be 75% mini Belted Galloway and 25% Highland.

Both her and Dusty have very good belts so we are hoping for a mini calf with a great belt - we are hoping Dusty's dun genes throw some good colour!

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Some FAQs about mini calves

How much are your calves?

We don't price our calves until they arrive safe and sound, they have been chondro tested and we know if they are polled or not.

Our miniature steers start at $1,750 each. Our miniature heifers start at $2,500. We don't often sell bulls, but if you would like one please get in touch.

Our miniature Galloway/dairy cross calves will be $350 as "bottle babies" or feeder calves from July 2025 onwards.

Do you sell calves for hand rearing?

In 2025 we will have some miniature Galloway calves available out of our Friesian cross dairy cows. These will be available for hand rearing.

These will be available from July 2025. They will be a week old so covered transport will be required (absolutely no cage trailers) and we would prefer if these calves only travel a short distance.

These calves will be advertised in our newsletter as well as in our Facebook group.

What do I need for mini cattle?

Mini cattle are cute but they have the same requirements as standard cattle in terms of friends and feed. We prefer our calves to go in pairs unless you already have mini cattle.

We require our forever homes to have suitable facilities for cattle - fencing, water, yards and a race, as well as a relationship with a local vet who will assist with an animal health plan.

How much area do I need?

One hectare of good grazing is enough for two miniature cattle - this doesn't include cross grazing with other animals. You will also need a plan for feeding supplement in dry and wet seasons.

Miniature cattle eat about the same amount as standard Highlands or Galloways. We have put together some info about grazing calculations here.

Do you have a waitlist?

We do not have a waitlist. When calves are available they will be advertised via our newsletter and our Facebook group. You can fill in an expression of interest form here.

We are very fussy about the forever homes that our mini moos go to so we do screen potential properties rigorously. We also have specific transport requirements.

What are the transport requirements?

If using a transporter we require our calves to be transported in pairs. You can collect your calves in a stock trailer or horse float (absolutely no cage trailers).

We have trusted transporters we can recommend, or buyers can arrange their own. We have yards, a race and a loading ramp.

It is our preference that our calves are transported for no more than four hours so preference will be given to homes within four hours of Te Awamutu in the Waikato.

Do you have straws available?

Unfortunately we are no longer selling straws for our miniature bulls.

What do I need to know about breeding minis?

Breeding mini cows isn't as simple as it seems (take it from someone who thought it would be very simple!).

We have put together some tips and tricks here or you can join our Facebook group where we share lots of info.

How do I express an interest in your mini calves?

Our fluffy mini cows are much loved pets and we love their calves too. We are very fussy about the homes our calves go to. Please fill in this form to express an interest in our fluffy mini calves.

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MIniature Galloway and MIniature Highland Calves from Marlowe Park
Miniature Galloway Calves from Marlowe Park
MIniature Galloway and MIniature Highland Calves from Marlowe Park