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Post by Awnry Abe on May 21, 2015 12:23:00 GMT
 This is Penny, our first freshening Jersey. She calved on Mother's day. Last night was her first shiftless milking. When I started milking her, she was bucky as a bronco. I had to use a very tight flank rope just to get the job done poorly. Now, no problem.:rolleyes: She freshened as a 3/4 milker. The front left was totally ductless, it seems. I couldn't express anything over several days and just decided to be content with her this way. She is already over 4 gallons a day, even with the blind quarter. Not too shabby for a 700 lb pixie. |
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Post by farmchix on May 21, 2015 12:31:38 GMT
She is precious.
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Post by Awnry Abe on May 21, 2015 12:55:24 GMT
She wasn't so precious about a week ago.  |
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Post by farmchix on May 21, 2015 13:08:04 GMT
I hear ya Abe....but she certainly is now. And look at the gifties she is offering to atone for her sins..... |
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Post by katievt on May 21, 2015 14:46:02 GMT
Nice!
My family has 2 jerseys - one recently freshened, the other is due in 2 weeks. They leave the calves on their mothers during the day, but separate at night. So they are only milking in the morning. Ethel is producing about 4 gallons for them, plus feeding her calf. During her last lacation, Fern didn't produce as much, but some of the half-gallon jars of milk would be half cream!
We were there last night and got sent home with a half-gallon of milk and a loaf of homemade sourdough bread! Yum!
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Post by willowgirl on May 25, 2015 13:55:47 GMT
That is a nice-looking cow and a nice setup you have there! Two thumbs up! I always chuckle at the heifers at work ... the ones who start out kicking and fussing are usually the first ones in the parlor a couple weeks later, after they've figure out the routine and that it feels good to have their bag emptied out! lol |
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Post by Callie on May 28, 2015 1:08:59 GMT
Nice....and your barn is so CLEAN!!!
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Post by Awnry Abe on May 28, 2015 3:04:59 GMT
Nice....and your barn is so CLEAN!!! LOL. From *that* camera angle it is! The rain has made it difficult. And it seems, for some strange reason of late, that the cows have taken to urinating right after I clean their teats for milking. Freaky. They very seldom ever make a mess. I'd rather they poop. Seriously, though, DW and I work very hard at keeping the parlor and milk room and equipment very clean. It gets shown a lot to prospective customers, and we never know when that will happen. (One of our very worst showings was a milking-time visit by a new customer. It was the very worst. Rainy, sloppy day. Cows where completely unglued, and I made the simplest of tasks look extremely impossible. But they are still customers!) |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 4:54:10 GMT
Nice....and your barn is so CLEAN!!! That was my first thought too! I was going to say something, but was afraid I'd somehow get someone in trouble for something they missed. I think the kid who used to have to clean the stall and milk the cow still lives in the back of my head, and winces every time someone says anything about milking.... |
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Post by Callie on Jun 1, 2015 2:58:06 GMT
I spent many hours hosing down the milk parlor of my dad's barn. Hours! We couldn't leave so much as a grain of corn on the floor. And we did it twice a day.
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Post by willowgirl on Jun 1, 2015 12:39:47 GMT
The farmers I work for are so meticulous that after every group of cows go out, we scrape any manure down to the drain, and quickly hose off any splatters on the walls. It always looks like we just started milking! It does make cleanup at the end easier, though. As far as the OP's pic, though -- heck, my HOUSE ain't that clean!  |
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