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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 17 2011 : 9:06:26 PM
Daisy is due any day!
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| miraclewelsh |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 8:51:02 PM
Congratulations on such a very pretty baby! Loved the photos. :-)
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 2:42:45 PM
you are so lucky!
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 08:16:25 AM
oh happy days for you. so very cute. i just love babies. i think you said she has calved before. dont recall. excited for you. are you milking by hand? fun fun fun sherrye
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 07:07:43 AM
Molly, the heifer I just took to the butcher was half Jersey and black angus. She was all black but more like a Jersey. Had the Jersey face and bone structure. I still have not called to see how much she weighed. I will tomorrow. She was 1 1/2 years old. That's great that you have no HOA's and can do whatever you want there. I was thinking if Mazie has a heifer I will trade her for a bull from my friend's herd. But I just took a heifer to be butchered so I guess it really doesn't matter, right?
Kris
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 07:03:57 AM
Thanks ladies! Daisy is jersey/holstein and was bred back to an angus. I'm really surprised how much jersey is in the calf's face, Kris! It's very dominant with those big eyes and dish! :) She will stay with Daisy for a week or so and then we will separate them during the night and then put them together during the day. That way we can milk in the morning. :D Baby will get bottles for a while until she can make it through the night without. Sadly, we will be raising the baby for the freezer... :/ it's hard, but it's necessary. If she was a full dairy breed we would consider keeping her for milk but it's more important for us to have the meat.
We live in an agricultural neighborhood, with about 60 homes in it. It is set up somewhat like a tract home neighborhood, except that the homes are all custom with acreage, and livestock is permitted and no HOA! :D I love it!
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 06:51:44 AM
She looks like Jersey in the face. Like my Roxie. Now do you let the calf stay with the mother or do you bottle feed her? She really is a cutie. And do you live in a subdivision? That is so cool!
Kris
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| amomfly |
Posted - Feb 27 2011 : 05:29:37 AM
She is beautiful. I love the little coat. She is like a little black beauty.
ENJOY!
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 9:31:48 PM
Oh my goodness Molly!! She is beautiful!!! Are you going to keep her?! Love her face in the last picture!
Hugs,
Hannah
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 8:46:14 PM
Baby is a girl! Soooo darling, with very unique markings! She's all black except for the tiny tip of her tail and two symmetrical socks on her back hooves (which are white, and the front ones are black). She is just an angel doll, with huuuuge eyes and a darling dished face. Don't know what we'll call her yet! Daisy is being a super good mama. Can't wait for the delicious milk....
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 6:47:11 PM
hey molly, how are you and mama cow and calf. hoping things are good? waiting for a pic. happy days sherrye
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| violetrose |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 6:18:21 PM
What a beautiful cow Ms Daisy is! I just want to hug her neck :). Can't wait to see pictures of her new baby!
Hugs, Ruth
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| dprovence |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 4:30:33 PM
Woooo Hooooo Molly!
Huggs and Smyles,
Debbie
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 4:00:07 PM
Molly, that was quick! Yay!! A new calf! I can't wait to see the cute little thing.
Kris
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| Twinsmom |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 2:45:45 PM
What a beautiful cow. Thanks for sharing. Springtime brings new babies and a new beginning. We are in the mist of calving here and could use a little warmer weather. It was -12 here last night.
Twinsmom
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| Alee |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 09:16:29 AM
Wow! I love spring time! Welcome baby!
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 26 2011 : 09:12:12 AM
UPDATE!!!! Baby is here!!! Just born half an hour ago. Can't tell yet if it's a boy or girl! Pics coming soon!!
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| dprovence |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 8:21:54 PM
What a sweet girl Daisy is! I love the pics of her. Can't wait to see baby pics!
Huggs and Smyles,
Debbie
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 8:19:09 PM
oh the waiting is hard. please post a pic. when the baby comes happy days sherrye
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 6:09:18 PM
Wow! Looks like any time now. Ouch. That looks so uncomfortable. And I bet you are a wreck.
Kris
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 5:55:44 PM
That is a beatiful cow, I love that face!
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting them in a fruit salad!
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 5:26:37 PM
Thanks for checking in, Kris! I am a wreck here, I swear she is overdue!!!! Here's a pic of her udder from tonight, it's about to burst! (sorry she's so muddy, too, it rained and we haven't dried out yet, lol!)
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 25 2011 : 10:48:53 AM
How's it going? Has she had the calf yet? Mazie is laying around today. SHe had a busy day yesterday. Climbing through fences and all. SHe's tired. Poor girl. I was just wondering about your girl.
Kris
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 23 2011 : 4:45:43 PM
Haha, you are so right, they are soooo much bigger then goats, especially when you are looking at that full udder and your hands and forearms are BURNING. Doesn't take too long to get used to it, though and build up the muscle and confidence! :D We milk by hand, no milkroom. Daisy stands tied to the fence (no head gate needed) with no grain or anything and just patiently waits. She's an angel! Milking chores add a lot to your daily routine, but it's so worth it!
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 22 2011 : 5:56:28 PM
I have been milking goats for years and I plan on hand milking Mazie. I do have a 2 gallon stainless steel bucket. I will use a bucket of soapy water to wash the udder and use a bucket to sit on. I really don't know where I will be milking her yet. I only feed her hay so that's all she'll get while I milk her. I'm sure she won't have very much milk to spare so I hope it won't take too awful long to get some for us. I hope she will share. This will be my first time to milk a cow. I hope I can do it. They are alot bigger than goats. And messier. But she's my baby so hopefully she'll let me do this.
Do you have a milk room and a machine? That's alot of milk. I bet it's so good.
Kris
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| Brew Crew |
Posted - Feb 22 2011 : 5:42:53 PM
Kris, I'm so glad I'm not the only one on the midnight calf-watch. Lol, Your Mazie sounds like a dear. This is Daisy's 3rd calf, so it should go smoothly, though I'm just so slightly concerened that her calf will be a little big for her. She's a small jersey/holstein cross and bred to a red angus. :/ I hope the calf is a petite one! She gives us about 4 gallons of milk/ day at peak production and I've been missing it soooo much this last month since she's been 'off duty'!! Do you have all your milking supplies ready?
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