Our Mini Zebu
IMZA registered

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LUA Sara's Oh Happy Day 

LRF's Mojo Baby 
(pending)

LRF's Mariah

LRF's Maybelle
(2006 heifer reg. pending)

LRF's Miss Rebecca
(2006 heifer calf reg. pending)

2003 bull registration pending.
 

   
     These little cattle are active and bright. Miniature Zebu are very attractive and the calves are so very cute, almost fawn like!! Zebu are gentle animals and ours will all come when they are called and eat from our hands. They were bred to provide their owners with milk, meat, leather, and were even broke to pull carts for their human families. Quiet nature and good temperament were very important qualities that were bred into the Zebu so they could be easily handled by even the youngest members of the family. They are hardy and more disease and parasite resistant than many of our North American Cattle breeds. Zebu are a tropical breed so they easily tolerate and even thrive in the heat of our summers. They do surprisingly well in the cold of winter as well, provided they are given appropriate shelter from strong wind and the wet. It is not recommended that they are bred to calve too early in colder northern climates so it is easier on the newborn calves.

 

 

Zebu Conformation:

 

Head: Moderately long coffin-shaped skull, orbital arches not prominent,
slightly convex in profile. Forehead prominent.

Horns: Relatively short-horned (12") curving outwards and upwards,
although down-swept is seen.

Ears: Pointed, non-pendulous or even held upright. Usually less than 9".

Eyes: Medium to larger, luminous.

Neck: Strong and fairly long.

Hump: Large in bulls, but not always highly developed in cows.
Placed just ahead of, or directly above shoulders. Upright and firm.

Dewlap: Moderately developed, free of fleshiness with few folds.

Sheath: Tight.

Hind Quarters: General shape above the hock joint is round.
 Moderately wide at the pins.

Udder: Compact, well attached, high with even quarters.
Small to medium length teats.

Tail: Long and slender, "whip-like" usually set high at rump,
extending above hock.

Legs and Feet: Medium length, well proportioned; strong and somewhat fine boned.
Short fetlocks and hard small hooves with equal halves and small cleft.

Color: Black, red, spotted or steel gray to almost pure white.
In mature bulls the neck, shoulders, and hump may be nearly black.

Hair: Short, dense and sleek.

Size: At withers behind hump not to exceed 42" at three years of age.
Mature cows should be 300 to 500 lbs.; mature bulls from 400 to 600 lbs.