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Rural/Farm Life

Sanity Claws

(22,068 posts)

5. don't know

Reply to farminator3000 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 12:21 PM

Mar 2013

Sorry.

My contact with dairy cows is very limited -- a few summer visits to a family farm in Ireland.

The basis of my statement:
I saw that an established herd of cows would not allow a new cow into the herd. The new cow gave less milk than she used to for the original owners. She was always on the side and never part of the herd.

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Also, I'm thinking about getting a cow this year, a Jersey. any thoughts? cow owners? dairy guys? [View all] farminator3000 Mar 2013 OP

Do you have any goats? Betsy Ross Mar 2013 #1

nope. farminator3000 Mar 2013 #3

How much land do you have? Sanity Claws Mar 2013 #2

~250 acres. farminator3000 Mar 2013 #4

don't know Sanity Claws Mar 2013 #5

Holsteins for quantity, guernseys for quality. Scuba Mar 2013 #6

do you milk? (cows of course) farminator3000 Mar 2013 #7

I grew up on a 12 inch stool building forearms like Popeye, but haven't milked a cow in 45 years.... Scuba Mar 2013 #8

Wow! She looks a lot like my next-door neighbor tosh Mar 2013 #10

A Jersey's milk tends to have a high fat content. fasttense Mar 2013 #9

If I were going to get a cow, I'd get a Dexter. LWolf Apr 2013 #11

I raised Dexters for years they are wonderful! truegrit44 May 2013 #13

Jerseys are nice MrsMatt May 2013 #12