Category Archives: dairy
Little Heifer
Finally, the camera and the computer cooperated on the same day. Here is Cookie along with our new little heifer, Luisa. Well, we think she is Luisa. She started out as Oreo, but that didn’t seem to fit. Since we … Continue reading
Why Breakfast Was Late
Cookie delivered a little heifer calf this morning, around 8 a.m. I’d post a pic if the camera would play nice and interface with the computer, but it won’t. So, for now, you will have to take my word for … Continue reading
Hope and Reward
Yesterday we learned that Mocha’s calf is no more. I still can’t wrap my mind around where it might have gone. So sad. Today Brian picked up a little chute from a friend. It is kind of like a milking … Continue reading
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Calf
By now, I was hoping to post pictures of a new calf. Mocha, our Jersey, was due today. For the past couple weeks, we’ve been checking for signs that delivery was imminent. She had “bagged up,” meaning that her udder … Continue reading
Waiting for Miracles
Mocha and Cookie are getting so close to having their calves. Any day now. Their udders are filled out and Mocha has started leaking milk. She is super ready. Every now and then, one of them bellows and I throw … Continue reading
Kidding Around
Our four does had a total of 9 kids. They are so cute. I have decided that the perfect antidote to having a bad day is to sit by the kidding pen and watch the kids jumping and running around. … Continue reading
Getting to Know Ewe
For some time now, we’ve been thinking of adding sheep to our farm. This has come mainly from my interest in using milk to make cheese, and wanting to learn to make several different kinds of cheeses. Never mind that … Continue reading
Is What I Eat Anybody’s Business?
We eat eggs. Whole milk. Raw milk at that. I put real, fresh-from-the-cow cream in my half-caff coffee every single morning. Sometimes in the afternoon also. We also eat a lot of green, leafy vegetables that we get from Farmer … Continue reading
Greener Grass
I think we solved the mystery of Mocha’s Wild Adventure. She had been leaning over the fence in search of taller, greener grass. She is in a pasture that was never intended for an animal as tall as she is, … Continue reading