This is our newest addition to our farm.
Welcome SASSY! She is a purebred, registered jersey
cow. We bought this beautiful girl from Larry and Virginia
Roose of LeRoy, Michigan. I had shared with Larry last
year at Fiber Festival that I wanted to have my own milk
cow to supply our own organic milk, butter and cream.
Who would of known that he would call me a couple of
months later and say he had a jersey heifer that he
wanted me to have? How wonderful! She is more
beautiful than I imagined.
She is here now and she really makes it feel like a
complete farm! Sassy will be able to be bred next year, so
we should have our own milk in the not too distant future!
Update: We expect a calf in May of 2010. Check back for
photos.
Welcome SASSY! She is a purebred, registered jersey
cow. We bought this beautiful girl from Larry and Virginia
Roose of LeRoy, Michigan. I had shared with Larry last
year at Fiber Festival that I wanted to have my own milk
cow to supply our own organic milk, butter and cream.
Who would of known that he would call me a couple of
months later and say he had a jersey heifer that he
wanted me to have? How wonderful! She is more
beautiful than I imagined.
She is here now and she really makes it feel like a
complete farm! Sassy will be able to be bred next year, so
we should have our own milk in the not too distant future!
Update: We expect a calf in May of 2010. Check back for
photos.
Our Farm Cow |
Thinking about getting a dairy cow?
Consider these facts:
** Store bought Milk, Cheese, Butter, Cream are all expensive items that are lacking in quality and
freshness.
**Raw milk does not cause scarring of your arteries like homogenized/pasturized milk.
** With your own cow, you know what is in your dairy products, including no antibiotics or hormones.
** If you have other stock on your farm like sheep or goats, the smell of a cow is said to prevent
coyote. This came from an old goat farmer at a Michigan State, and I tend to believe it
does deter them to some extent. However, I am still considering getting a Large Guardian Dog.
**Extra milk can be used to fatten chickens, and sweeten the meat of home raised pigs.
**You can leave the calf part or full time with the mom and still have enough milk for your family every
day.
**Manure is plentiful with a cow, great for your garden.
**You can raise the calf, keep or sell if it is a female, and if it is a steer, raise for your own freezer.
Watch FOOD, Inc. and FRESH! if you haven't already seen them, you will definitely want to know
where and how your meat was grown. Once you start researching our food system and eating
organically, you will start feeling better mentally and physically.
**Cows can share the rotation of your pastures with other animals and they do not share the same
type of parasites, therefore, they can follow each other in the field rotation. This means, that one
species may shed a larva and it is in your pasture, when another species comes along and consumes
it, it will die inside the other species because it isn't the right host, therefore, it doesn't survive to lay
more eggs. Gross but effective.
Are you buying American MILK from US Farms? Have you read your milk label from the store? Many
stores do not put on their label the origin of their milk, so that is a red flag. Caution, the US is
currently importing billions of gallons of surplus milk from China. Do be sure you KNOW where your
milk is coming from? They do not have the same regulations, and tests show that they have high
rates of hormones, antibiotics and pus, yes pus, from mastitis laden cows. YUCK ! BUY AMERICAN
MILK!
Consider these facts:
** Store bought Milk, Cheese, Butter, Cream are all expensive items that are lacking in quality and
freshness.
**Raw milk does not cause scarring of your arteries like homogenized/pasturized milk.
** With your own cow, you know what is in your dairy products, including no antibiotics or hormones.
** If you have other stock on your farm like sheep or goats, the smell of a cow is said to prevent
coyote. This came from an old goat farmer at a Michigan State, and I tend to believe it
does deter them to some extent. However, I am still considering getting a Large Guardian Dog.
**Extra milk can be used to fatten chickens, and sweeten the meat of home raised pigs.
**You can leave the calf part or full time with the mom and still have enough milk for your family every
day.
**Manure is plentiful with a cow, great for your garden.
**You can raise the calf, keep or sell if it is a female, and if it is a steer, raise for your own freezer.
Watch FOOD, Inc. and FRESH! if you haven't already seen them, you will definitely want to know
where and how your meat was grown. Once you start researching our food system and eating
organically, you will start feeling better mentally and physically.
**Cows can share the rotation of your pastures with other animals and they do not share the same
type of parasites, therefore, they can follow each other in the field rotation. This means, that one
species may shed a larva and it is in your pasture, when another species comes along and consumes
it, it will die inside the other species because it isn't the right host, therefore, it doesn't survive to lay
more eggs. Gross but effective.
Are you buying American MILK from US Farms? Have you read your milk label from the store? Many
stores do not put on their label the origin of their milk, so that is a red flag. Caution, the US is
currently importing billions of gallons of surplus milk from China. Do be sure you KNOW where your
milk is coming from? They do not have the same regulations, and tests show that they have high
rates of hormones, antibiotics and pus, yes pus, from mastitis laden cows. YUCK ! BUY AMERICAN
MILK!
Coming in for a close-up shot! Tyra
Banks look out! This is America's Next
Top Moo-del!
Banks look out! This is America's Next
Top Moo-del!
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