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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 4:59:13 PM
I bought a Jersey yesterday! I'm already milking 2 cows (a Jersey and a Holstien/Dutch Belted cross) but I wanted another Jersey. Here she is...2 years old, registered, bred to a Jersey, due to calve in Sept, gentle and sweet as can be! She's giving about 3 gallons a day right now...not sure how long she's been fresh.
Her name is Tilly, short for Chantilly, which is French for Whipped Cream!
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| shepherdgirl |
Posted - Feb 22 2010 : 11:15:43 AM
OOOOO!! You lucky girl!!! I want a Jersey cow SO BAD!!! I DO have a Jersey bull calf that I bottle raised, and my husband has a few Dairy cross cows (though mostly Herefords and one Charlois (SP?) They were all bred by a Angus/Brahma X bull for June babies. Not very good dairy genes there I'm afraid. Someday I'll get my Jersey girl, I just KNOW it! And I already have a handsome young man just WAITING for her!!!
Have fun with your new addition Kayla. Keep us posted on the the new baby when it arrives. I'll be praying it's a GIRL!~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
| farm~maid |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 1:59:15 PM
What a sweet cow. Congratulations!
A Jersey girl is still on my wish list. Maybe one day........
Christine |
| nubidane |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 10:24:14 AM
Kayla..you lucky girl! I wish I lived closer. I would love to buy some milk from your beauties! |
| Chives |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 09:55:39 AM
Tilly is beautiful. I hope to get a cow one day. Vicki |
| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 06:51:15 AM
Thanks...I AM thrilled!
We've experimented over the years, and that ratio of cream and milk seems to work best. Otherwise, like you said, it's like eating butter! That's pretty much the same kind of freezer that we use. We find that if we use any more cream (than the 3 and 5 cups) it's too buttery!
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 06:47:56 AM
Kayla, I have a small ice cream maker that goes in the freezer after it's churned about 20 minutes. Got it at Target. Anyway, I made ice cream using 2 cups of sraight cream from my friend's Jersey. It was like eating bits of butter. Should I have just used 1 cup of cream and the other milk? I could not eat it.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| aunt boby |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 05:29:39 AM
What a beauty! You must be thrilled! And she's so photogenic. If you took a picture of any of my critters you'd think they had been mud wrestling.
POOR IS THE MAN WHO CANNOT ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE- anonymous |
| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 04:43:38 AM
She is gorgeous!
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 04:37:14 AM
We have ice cream every day in the summertime! I do 3 cups of cream, 5 cups of milk, and 2 cups of sugar. Plus vanilla or cocoa powder or crushed strawberries... It's good, and we like it! We just have a regular ice cream freezer that we use...
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 8:56:38 PM
pigs love the whey and the butter milk . we always have pigs here. they eat what the chickens do not. i love pigs. they are very happy.i need a good recipe for ice cream. one not to full of cream. when i make it and freeze it, it just is not smooth. i know chilling is a factor.i thought with that much milk you night make ice cream. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 8:11:48 PM
I make some cheese and we have friends who like the milk...about 4 families now, I think. We also have pigs, so I can skim the extra and keep all the cream, and give the milk to the pigs!
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 7:21:18 PM
I bet you have gotten really fast at milking!! Wow, milking 3 cows by hand!! Way to go Farmgirl!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 7:19:36 PM
What a beauty!!!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 7:10:31 PM
oh i am so happy for you. no way could my hands do 3 cows. she is a beauty. happy days on your farm. you must make cheese and sell milk. i am learning cheese now. i made farm house cheddar the other day. keep us posted on your journey. sherry
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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| fiddlegirl89 |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 6:56:23 PM
Today was a great day here! She's doing ok with the others so far...they're just pushing her around a bit, but they always do that! I hand milk...all 3! I've gotten pretty fast at it, but I'm having to go slow with this girl...she has smaller...handles that I'm used!!! LOL
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 5:20:07 PM
Wow, she is a beautiful girl. Great udder, too. That's a lot of milk. Are you hand milking or machine? With 3 cows you must have a machine. My hands would be killing me after 3. You did good. Is she getting along with the others?
And look at the pretty blue sky. Nice day there, too.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
