Pillard's Miniature Cattle

When considering raising miniature cattle, a person needs to have a goal in mind.  Goals can change, but you have to start somewhere.  Is your goal to have little calves every year or is your goal to have little calves every year that are BETTER than their parents?  If you want calves that are better than their parents, you have to start with a really good bull.

Remember, half of the genetics in your calf crop are from one animal.....your bull. 

On this page we have past herd bulls we used that have really improved our herd.  Some have loud color, some have small size but most of them have both.

Ezra is an IMZA registered miniature zebu bull with Komoko bloodlines. We only had one calf out of him in 2009.  KC on the calf page is out of our smallest cow Mandy.  If a person wants real small calves, you gotta use a zebu bull.  We use them time to time. Mostly as on outcross on our tiny cows. He was just 33 inches tall.

Bullwinkle was great bull.  He now resides in New Mexico.  We have numerous daughters from him in the herd.  He is also a maternal half brother to Sugar Cain.  Bullwinkle is also a paternal half brother to to Ripley.  We hated to see him go but since we had so many of his little girls in the herd, it was time to let someone else improve their herd with him. 37 inches/540lbs

Freckles gave us some really nice calves.  We kept only the best of the best from him.  This is Sugar Cain's sire.  We also kept a few daughters from him that are as good or better than Sugar Cain.  Freckles gave us a wide color variety.  We think one of his grandsons will be the next main herd sire for us.  He is that good.  34inches/450lbs

Ripley was my favorite bull.  He had it all.  We have daughters, grand-daughters and great-grandchildren in the herd.  He left quite an impression.  He is a paternal half brother to Bullwinkle.  Both born the same year.  They really sired some great ones for us. The smallest heifer in 2009, Millie, is his great-granddaughter.  37inches/530lbs

Oz, another great little bull. This picture does not due him justice.  He gave us some real nice colorful calves that have carried thru for a few generations. In the summer, this bull would absolutely shine.  33inches/325lbs

Pitt is one bull we did not use enough.  We have his blood in our herd yet.  We like it so much we tried to buy a son of his to put back in the herd but it just didn't work out.  We have a 2 yr old grandson of his that we may put on some cows in 2010.  34inches/400lbs

Peb lit a fire under our program.  He is the sire of Bullwinkle and Ripley.  His genetics really pushed thru on his offspring.  His great-granddaughter, Sydney, is a dandy.  A real nice red and white one.  We wouldn't be where we are today without this bull.  37inches/425lbs

Surge is the bull that started it all.  If there is a calf born here, it probably goes back to Surge somehow.  He had a huger percentage of heifer calves that really gave us a base to grow our herd.  Peb probably bred nearly all of our Surge daughters. A great bull. 37 inches, 525 lbs