The Bougie Journal
Mini Highland cow care, new calf announcements, and behind-the-scenes from our Apple Valley, California ranch.
Mini Cow Care 101: Feeding, Shelter, and the Daily Routine
Start with the stomach, because that's where trouble starts. Minis are ruminants — built to graze and chew slowly through the d...
Build a Bougie Baby: How Custom Embryo Pairings Work
Most people buy the calf that exists. Build a Bougie Baby lets you design the calf that doesn't yet. It started as a request we...
Mini Highland Cow Price Guide: What You're Really Paying For
Size pushes price hard. The smaller and more reliably small an animal's genetics, the higher the number — micro minis from prov...
What Is a Micro Mini Highland Cow?
Highland cattle are the shaggy, horned, impossibly photogenic breed from the Scottish Highlands. A standard Highland is a big a...
Planning the Perfect Ranch Getaway
There's a specific kind of tired that a weekend on a working cattle ranch fixes — the kind no spa city break ever quite reaches...
Inside the Bougie Calf Breeding Program
A Bougie pairing starts with the dam. Temperament first — a flighty cow tends to throw flighty calves, and we breed animals tha...
Bringing Home Your First Mini Highland
Nobody tells you how quiet the first night is. You've spent weeks planning the trailer, the fencing, the feed — and then the ca...
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