Post by 5webbkids on Mar 26, 2008 14:26:52 GMT -5
;D Well, Brenna is new to us, but not brand spanking new anymore, though her shine has not worn off a bit! ;D
We got her the first weekend in March, when she was 3 weeks fresh. She is giving 6ish gallons a day, some days a bit less some a shade more, but the average is 6. She has 3 perfectly working quarters and one that is dry (gives a bit of milk, but no real quantity) because she calved with mastitus and it needed to be dried to save it. She had never been hand milked, but hand stripped, and she only once lifted her foot since we had her. She did that the first morning she was here and only because she was unsure about what was going on. But she has been a pleasure since arriving and we cannot begin to say how wonderful it is to have all that wonderful milk and cream on a daily basis!
So our family is up to 4 bovines: Whitney the Wonder Cow, Brenna May, Honey Honey, and Junior the Bull Calf.....how did we ever get here and what did we ever do before this?
Anyway here are some pictures of her. I would love to know what you think of her, I love her anyway! I think she is a bit thin, but I am working on that, feeding some extra soaked beet pulp ( she doesn't eat it dry, not that she is spoiled!) and some rice bran along with free choice grass hay and legume hay while being milked. If anyone has a suggestion on something better, I am open to suggestions.
She and Whitney both still have their dairy chains, I clip a lead to them to milk.
Her face:
Her from the left, post Whitney bath:
Her from the right:
Her udder, not full, a few hours after being milked:
Her and Evan and Pi:
Anna
PS: Yes, we are rednecks, our cows are living in the front yard!
We got her the first weekend in March, when she was 3 weeks fresh. She is giving 6ish gallons a day, some days a bit less some a shade more, but the average is 6. She has 3 perfectly working quarters and one that is dry (gives a bit of milk, but no real quantity) because she calved with mastitus and it needed to be dried to save it. She had never been hand milked, but hand stripped, and she only once lifted her foot since we had her. She did that the first morning she was here and only because she was unsure about what was going on. But she has been a pleasure since arriving and we cannot begin to say how wonderful it is to have all that wonderful milk and cream on a daily basis!
So our family is up to 4 bovines: Whitney the Wonder Cow, Brenna May, Honey Honey, and Junior the Bull Calf.....how did we ever get here and what did we ever do before this?
Anyway here are some pictures of her. I would love to know what you think of her, I love her anyway! I think she is a bit thin, but I am working on that, feeding some extra soaked beet pulp ( she doesn't eat it dry, not that she is spoiled!) and some rice bran along with free choice grass hay and legume hay while being milked. If anyone has a suggestion on something better, I am open to suggestions.
She and Whitney both still have their dairy chains, I clip a lead to them to milk.
Her face:
Her from the left, post Whitney bath:
Her from the right:
Her udder, not full, a few hours after being milked:
Her and Evan and Pi:
Anna
PS: Yes, we are rednecks, our cows are living in the front yard!