Napoleon-P (Mini)

UR Napoleon of Misty Morning {0}-P

JEUSA000175074039 - BBR100

Born: November 2018

aAa: 561 - A2A2 - BB/AB

Heterozygous Polled

Commercial farming soundness in a mini package - Capacity for forage - Soundness of frame/feet - Dairy elegance

*There is a minimum order of three conventional straws per cow. The shipping cost is significant & having one extra is better than needing another shipment.

Napoleon is a true mini with non-mini credentials. I’ll be honest. I never thought I would toe into the mini world. But I saw A LOT of unsound breeding practices and terrible results, and when an opportunity came along to buy a bull that is ¾ from a pedigree that I knew to be highly functional and from a commercial 100% grass-fed dairy that milks 100+ cows, I knew that he was something special. His daughters have shown me that my hunch was correct. Although we are not milking them yet, they just look like small Jerseys — exactly what minis are supposed to be. Minis aren’t supposed to look like you took a regular Jersey and cut their legs off. Those kind of animals have udders that drag on the ground and lack elasticity — because the length of leg from the hoof to the hock (relative to the length between the hock and the hip) is directly proportional to the elasticity of udders. Don’t ask me why. It’s just a pattern that has been recognized by master breeders for decades. And one we ignore at our peril.  Napoleon’s strengths are his belly roundness — this guy’s daughters can hold a lot of forage! He also has a lot of dairy qualities, which is important for minis because so many of them have been bred with Dexters or Angus to get their small-frames, so dairy elegance is a must for me when looking at a mini bull. That’s what caught my eye about Napoleon: he has open ribs, a long, fine tail and will sire cows with a traditional dairy wedge. Let’s put the dairy traits back in minis! The other real strength of Napoleon’s is his spine, feet and legs. He daughters have flat backs and good thurl placement, which leads to longevity in feet and legs. Cows that get this trait from bulls look stylish and “put-together.” (A lack of this trait in a bull will lead to daughters that look like they were put together from a Mr. Potatohead box of parts.)Napoleon has has earned the nickname around here “Short ‘n’ Round,” and he is. He also has a beautiful head and unmatched elegance, and a lovely disposition. His daughters are not extreme in any way, although we were selective on Napoleon’s breedings to use him on cows that needed more belly, more spinal integrity, more dairy fineness. We avoided matings for him that the cow needed more udder height, more openness in pelvis and more strength. For those needs, Harold is our choice, and in that way these two bulls were selected to compliment one another. If you have any questions about your cow, I’d be happy to help! Just get a bull consultation and we will figure out what bull is best for your goals.  Napoleon isn’t necessarily the bull to fix udders on the ground, although he won’t produce that in his daughters. His daughters’ udders have good attachment and good texture. If you have a cow that seriously lacks udder suspension and is attached way too low and not well-attached in any case, Harold-P is your man. He isn’t technically a mini (because of this tiny bit of leg elegance which leads to udder elegance, he is 1.5" too tall to be a mini), but he absolutely throws mini offspring from minis! We are far more interested in function and results around here than we are in checking boxes. Our bulls’ daughters perform, and Napoleon’s daughters are so beautiful that I will admit scheming a way to keep them in the herd. (Originally we planned to sell his daughters as family milk cows to homesteads, but they are nice and I don’t know if we will part with all of them.)

*For a $10 discount per straw, order five or more straws of the same bull (discount will automatically be applied in your cart).

*There is no minimum for purchasing sexed straws. We recommend purchasing a minimum of three straws, whether conventional, sexed or a combination. If breeding multiple cows, you can round down somewhat because hopefully the law of averages means at least one of your cows settles on the first service, freeing up other straws for multiple services. You can use any additional straws next year.

**TO AVOID an extra charge of $150 for a complete nitrogen refill, you must return the tank within the 2 week timeframe stated in the return instructions.
***Tanks that are not returned are subject to a $1500 replacement fee.