We provide proper nutrition and quality veterinary care to all of our animals. We are very proud of the daily handling and care given to our miniatures here at Tanglewood Farm. Not only are miniature cows very practical for milk and beef supply, their small size, hardy constitution, gentle nature and rarity make them ideal for any exotic investor, backyard hobbyist or farmer. With the emphasis on health related diets to eat smaller servings of meat, the consumer can enjoy smaller cuts of beef with more marbling and less fat. They produce up to four gallons of milk daily and yield higher quality marketable beef. Miniature Jersey Cows are a sound economic investment.
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They require 1/3 the nutrition of an average full size cow. They can be kept on as little as 1/4 acre of land. Miniature cows are very docile and easy to handle. Miniature cows can live up to 25 years with the possibility of producing 23 calves. At birth, a baby Miniature Jersey calf weighs approximately 15 to 25 pounds and is from 14 to 16 inches tall. It takes a cow nine months to have a baby calf.
All cows are ruminants and have four-chamber stomachs. Miniature cows are members of the bovine family. Miniature Jersey Cows are naturally polled animals which means they are born without horns. Miniature cows come in a variety of colors from many shades of brown, brindle, black and occasionally pinto or splashed with white. The AMJAR was the FIRST original Miniature Jersey Cow Registry formed by Robert Mock. Tanglewood bloodlines are currently the smallest in the database of the American Miniature Jersey Association and Registry (AMJAR). Over the many years of selective breeding, Tanglewood bloodlines have produced Miniature Jersey Cows that average in height 34 to 36 inches and 350 to 450 pounds. Compare this to the standard mature full size Standard Jersey Cow which weighs 1000 to 2000 pounds and is 50 to 60 inches tall. They must be under 42 inches tall at the hip to be classified as “Miniature”. Miniature Jersey Cows at three years of age and over should not exceed 700 pounds live weight. With the limited gene pool of Foundation Bloodlines existing, many breeders are now crossing them with full size Standard Jerseys and other cattle breeds to develop a designer breed and registering them as “Native” Pure Miniature Jerseys instead of the original “Foundation Pure” Miniature Jerseys. After the breed was brought to America, they were selectively crossbred to larger size cows forming the Jersey Cow of today. “Miniature” Jersey Cattle are the original Jersey. In referencing the Miniature Jersey Cattle, some of us original breeders and original registrars referred them as Guinea Cattle. Our ancestry records and recordings from old family bibles give credit to George Poindexter’s (Poindestre’s) family having been the first to ship Miniature Jersey Cows in 1657 to the Virginia Colony in the area known as “Guinea”. Our Tanglewood bloodlines are descendants of the original Miniature Jersey Cattle, once known as Alderney Cattle, imported from the Channel Island of Jersey and have been kept in their original pure form. Tanglewood Farm raises Miniature Jersey Cows personally hand selected from the original Riverview, Martin and Snow Foundation Bloodlines in the early 1990’s when there were only 100 of these rare breed Miniature Jersey Cattle in the world.
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