Post by sawnut on Jul 7, 2015 18:24:53 GMT -5
I have whole oats available for about $10 a 50lb bag... kind of unreasonable? and I don't know if whole oats are acceptable, I don't live in dairy country so feed is posing to be a challenge... now that the weekend is finally over, we can work on locating some feed options.. AND a milking machine!!
As far as the dairy we bought her from... it was a husband and wife team. He did the chores, she ran the business... and she angered my kids when she dropped the cow off because she smacked her hard on the nose, she also told me if she kicks, kick back. I am not violent with my animals, so I don't know if this is something I should be doing or not.. maybe that's why my animals all test my patience? I think they also are more into breeding and the dairy is just something that they do because they have to milk these animals anyway. All their Jerseys are registered pure bred... she seems to jockey animals quite a bit. The cow is really sweet most of the time, just a jerk during milking and especially the evening milking... I don't know if my husband makes her uncomfortable or what it is.
My chickens love whole oats too and they clean up whatever the cows spill.