For Sale

Louisiana’s first and only water buffalo dairy herd started to form in 2019 when Sarah bought the first water buffalo she ever met, Stevie Nicks, and two pregnant heifers from a dairy in California. The animals were planning to stay on a friend’s farm in Colorado until the summer of 2020. When the pandemic resulted in state borders closing in April 2020, Sarah took a cross-country road trip to pick up her water buffalo plus a bull and another pregnant heifer from Colorado. The animals are bred naturally with a bull who lives in the pasture with the milking herd. The calves stay with their moms for the duration of the lactation cycle, around 9-10 months. This allows for a wonderful bond between cow and calf but also sets the calf up for a successful healthy life in the pasture.

The herd is now up to 40 animals. We cull animals based on: attitude, parasite resistance, environmental adaptability, yearly pregnancy, soundness of hooves and teeth, and milk quantity/ quality, in that order. Many of the male calves are sent to the butcher for meat and the females are sold to other farms and homesteads. See below for animals available for sale now.