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Mini American Belties, Cattle Breed
Meet Pat and Mike, my 2-year-old bulls. Obviously, they're belted. What may not be as apparent is that they're Mini American Belties, a breed that was recently accepted into the Miniature Cattle Breeds Registry. The animals are the result of breeding smaller belted Galloways with mini Dexter bulls. Mike is 42 in. tall
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Mini American Belties, Cattle Breed LIVESTOCK Beef 22-3-35 Meet Pat and Mike, my 2-year-old bulls. Obviously, they're belted. What may not be as apparent is that they're Mini American Belties, a breed that was recently accepted into the Miniature Cattle Breeds Registry. The animals are the result of breeding smaller belted Galloways with mini Dexter bulls. Mike is 42 in. tall and weighs 600 lbs. with a narrow belt, while Pat is mid-size (over 42 in. tall) and weighs 800 lbs. with a full belt. The one-month-old bull calf, which has a narrow belt and is 75 percent Dexter and 25 per-cent belted Galloway, weighed 25 lbs. at birth this spring. We expect him to be about the same size as Mike when full grown.
Even though the belt from the Galloway is dominant, Mike has not passed on a full belt when mated to Dexter cows nor has he passed on a full belt when mated with his half sister.
Pat has passed on a full but narrow belt once out of three matings.
I feel better results could be achieved using many more animals.
American Belties are an early maturing animal with outstanding beef characteristics and excellent profit potential. (Charles George, Grand View Farm, 7411 288th St. E, Graham, Wash. 98338-9325; ph 253 847-7204)
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