Mulberry

Misty Morning Farm Mulberry-PP, DNA Verified 100% Purebred Mini Jersey (BBR100), 41 inches at 6 years old (Vet Verified), A2A2 BB BB, 3 gallons per day

Last updated July 2025

Mulberry is our family’s primary milk cow since she willingly shares everything she’s got with us, including all of her cream! I love the blissed out look she gets on her face while I’m milking her, and the affectionate way she licks me when I’m finished milking.

Mulberry’s 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 haven’t measured pounds of milk per year, but we do keep each of our cows’ milk separate. Mulberry has continued to increase her production with each lactation and she is currently producing between 3-4 gallons per day. Her peak lactation lasts through the summer and then in the fall she reduces her production until it reaches about one gallon of milk during the winter.

Mulberry maintains her condition on pasture. We have sometimes given her 1-2 pounds per day of alfalfa pellets and black oil sunflower seeds during her peak lactation (0.15% – 0.3% of her body weight), though we have not needed to do that when her lactation aligns with the growing season since the pasture provides all she needs.

Mulberry also holds her lactation well, we milked her for almost 18 months on her first lactation, and on her second lactation she stayed in milk for 2 years and 3 months. Mulberry is currently on her fifth lactation and still milking and maintaining her condition wonderfully at over 8 years old.

Mulberry has wide orifices (teat canals), which allow for a faster milking time since more milk comes out with each squeeze. Mulberry’s rear teats are shorter than her front; I milk them with three fingers and hold my pinky out of the way or hold slightly higher up on her udder to be able to use my whole hand to milk.

Mulberry has a Gold Registration Certificate from the Purebred Mini Jersey Society (PMJS) and is also registered with the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and the International Miniature Cattle Breeder’s Registry (IMCBR).

Misty Morning Farm Mulberry

DOB	July 2, 2017
Sire	Misty Morning Farm Lazarus
Dam	Misty Morning Farm Maribelle
Conception	Natural
Color	Fawn
Height	41 inches at 6 years (Vet Certified) (22 inches at birth)
Polled/Horned	Homozygous Polled (Pf/Pf)
Beta Casein	A2A2 (AA)
Kappa Casein	BB
Beta Lactoglobulin	BB
BBR	100
Stature	-1.7
Calved at	Misty Morning Farm, VA
Registration	PMJS #G05170066, AJCA #JEUSA000175020076, IMCBR #6218

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