Chestnut Oak Mint Leaf-PP, DNA Verified Purebred Mini Jersey (BBR92), 42 inches at 4 years old, A2A2 BB BB, 2 gallons per day
Mint Leaf originally came to stay with our Mini Jersey herd for a year when a friend of ours purchased her but wasn’t ready to bring her home quite yet. She was very skittish when she arrived but after many months of calm routine and slowly pushing her comfort zone, she is now completely comfortable with us walking up to her, brushing her, milking her and we even got her lead trained while she was here. When the opportunity came up to make Mint Leaf a permanent part of our herd, we said yes – so she’s now here to stay!
Mint Leaf is line bred to Sunshine Acres Loyal on both sides of her pedigree, Loyal is a Mini Jersey bull known for bringing down stature while maintaining Jersey purity. Her pedigree is predominantly Holterholm and Misty Morning Farm. Both bloodlines of small Jersey cows she comes from have been bred for grazing, A2 milk, polled and smaller stature. Holterholm cows average 6,000 pounds per year (2.42 gallons per day), 5.2% butterfat and 3.8% protein.
We did not have Mint Leaf on her first lactation and she was still early in her second lactation when she went to our friend’s home, but when she was here she gave a gallon a day after a half day separation from her calf, with her calf nursing her the remainder of the day.
Mint Leaf has longer teats, which are a breeze to milk with my whole hand and her udder is high off the ground and well supported. Mint Leaf also offers a very straight top line, which she passed on her to her bull calf, Micah and he in turn passed on to Gemini. (A straight top line helps a cow carry the weight of her annual pregnancies.)
Mint Leaf is registered with the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and the International Miniature Cattle Breeder’s Registry (IMCBR).
Chestnut Oak Mint Leaf
| DOB | July 5, 2019 |
| Sire | Misty Morning Farm Lazarus |
| Dam | Misty Morning Farm Meadow Sage |
| Conception | Natural |
| Color | Fawn |
| Height | 42 inches at 4 years |
| Polled/Horned | Homozygous Polled (Pf/Pf) |
| Beta Casein | A2A2 (AA) |
| Kappa Casein | BB |
| Beta Lactoglobulin | BB |
| BBR | 100 |
| Stature | -2.1 |
| Calved at | Chestnut Oak Farm, MD |
| Registration | AJCA #JEUSA000175020094, IMCBR #20193 |
Calving History
- Fawn bull March 2022 (Sire Stormy)
- Fawn heifer February 2024 (Sire Harold)
Offspring
Sire: Misty Morning Farm Stormy (42″ at 3 years)
BBR100
A2A2 BB BB
20.5 inches at birth, 44 inches at 2 years old (Midsize Jersey)
