We have been working very hard for many years on our dwarf Highland project, slowly increasing the percentage of Highland while retaining the Dexter chondro dysplasia gene.
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He will remain a full miniature his entire life. Midas has the Dexter chondro dysplasia gene and is a dwarf. Out of our nicest Mini Highland show cow, Midas has excellent conformation and great hair with a long thick dossen. Born December 30, 2015, Midas is out of Kendall, sired by Rusty. Lakeport RK Midas is an orange brindle Micro Miniature 87.5% Highland 12.5% Dexter bull. Though High-Dex crosses bred back to 100% Highlands make very nice calves, the 50/50 crosses really should not be referred to as "Miniature Highlands," as they will not have the characteristic hair of a real Highland. Though Hank's mother, Sabrina, has an excellent coat with ample dossen, Hank doesn't have much more of a coat than a typical Dexter bull at the same age. Dexters are a double coat breed, and they are an excellent cross to a Highland for preserving coat while 50/50 High-Dex calves often have fairly nice coats during their first winter, they typically lose most of their coat as they age. Born July 8, 2011, Hank is out of Sabrina, sired by our favorite registered Dexter bull, Shamrock Mike (39" at age 13). Hank is a dun 50% Highland, 50% Dexter (High-Dex) chondro (dwarf) bull. The dwarf gene is dominant and is passed on to 50% of offspring, regardless of the breed/cross. Lakeport MS Hank Reardon We intentionally bred our chondro carrier (dwarf) Dexter bull to some of our finest Highland cows in the effort to inject the Dexter dwarf gene into our miniature Highland breeding program. Thor’s retained calves are Lacey, Jenna, Bernese, Lassie, Ruby, Thunder, Ashley, Shasta, Gloria, Lilly, and Ashton Thor’s second generation calves are weighing in at 20-35 pounds. Thor’s second generation calves began hitting the ground in 2017 (bred back to his daughters) and we are thrilled with the results. Both physically and genetically small, Thor’s first generation calves, out of our foundation cows, have weighed in at 30-45 pounds with the vast majority weighing in right around 35 pounds. At age 10, Thor measured 43” and weighed 850 pounds. Thor measured in at 39” at age 4 and weighed 600 pounds. We purchased Thor from a farm in Connecticut where he had been used as a heifer bull and had thrown very small calves out of full sized first calf heifers. Thor has helped to shrink our foundation herd by 2-3” in his first generation. Born February 12, 2006, Thor is an orange brindle (red with 1 dilute gene and the brindle gene). Windham Hills Thor A cornerstone of our herd, Thor is the foundation of our 100% Miniature Highland herd.
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