The rise in popularity of miniature cows is due to a number of reasons, including their manageable size, affectionate nature, and suitability for smaller spaces. Unlike standard-sized cattle, ...

The Jessen family’s farm is different from its western Weld County neighbors. The rarest animals on their farm are not the marsupials – a red kangaroo and a wallaby – they keep in a pen in their yard, ...

Rancher Ali Petersen, of Tekamah, Neb., helps a mini-Hereford calf take its first step eight hours after it was born. Tekamah, Neb.? Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali ...

PHOENIX - It's a small world at Rocking Robin Ranch in Prescott. The heart of the family farm is the dairy-cow herd, which are Mini Jerseys, about 3 feet high and unbearably cute. Miniature cattle, a ...

Miniature cattle are exactly what they sound like: scaled-down versions of standard cattle breeds. They’re bred to be smaller in stature while still retaining the traits of their full-sized ...

Michelle Bolt keeps a stuffed buffalo in her living room ”“ a whole one, not just a mounted head. A big buffalo can hit six feet in height and ten in length. An average buffalo weighs 2,000 pounds.

TRAPPE, Md. – If you're a suburban cowboy hankering to raise a herd and short on ranch land, mini-cattle may be for you. New breeds of pint-sized heifers and bulls are making it easier for small ...

LONGMONT — Tentatively, the little girl offered a long strand of hay to the miniature cow, only a little taller than herself. The animal studied the girl, studied the strand, and took it, to the child ...