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Well a little update... We went and picked up Flower on feb 16th. Everything is going well. She was basically a pasture cow, only being around the PO in the morning whe he would feed them in the morning. We on the other hand, are out there with her numerous times a day between feeding time...

Little update... We got our shock collars in for the dogs. We have been letting the dogs out when ever we are outside with the cow. Everyone has been keeping thier distance and slowly becoming familiar/comfortable with eachother. So far everything has gone well. The dogs have definately come to...

I am not sure if Flower has seen a dog before or not. The PO didn't have any that I saw. She doesn't seem to mind hearing/seeing tiny bark at her to much. As for the fencing situation, the dogs are in the house or in a fenced back yard wuilt with cattle fencing. Flower is fenced in with 2...

Yes they will be going out in the pasture with us when we do. Especially Tiny our great dane. When we are all outside we let them loose and Tiny stays at our side the whole time. Turbo just runs around for a minute and then goes and sits on the front porch. The end plan/goal is to have it to...

So, We made it home saturday with "Flower" our 2 year old Jersey. She is getting used to being in a pasture by herself until she calves in a few weeks. We also have a boxer and a 1 year old great dane puppy. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to introduce the dogs to the heifer...

Oh I know everyone is just trying to watch out for us, and I don't take any offense to everyones comments. I appreciate them. This is how we learn! Goats aren't an option really. Mainly because they freak my wife out. Don't know why but she has a strong dislike for goats. We have always...

Whitemountainsranch, Will they not do on demand production? In other words, once we get the calf weened will the cow still produce x number of gallons every day or will she only produce as much as we are milking from her? Start out milking her down twice a day and then slowly cut back on how...

I don't plan on having both of them in milk at the same time.

Ok. So we are going to stick with alfalfa then. So, in addition to alfalfa we need a mineral/protien block? How much alfalfa are we going and how much mineral/protien are we going to need in a month? I know this will be a rough estimation. I just want to half way know what we need to have on...

I found some 5x5 round bales of wheat for sale locally. Would that be good feed for her plus a mineral block/tub?

SuburbanFarmChic, We have been saving milk jugs for a few weeks now and we have a huge freezer. With 2 young boys who drink milk before every nap and bedtime, we go through about 2-3 gallons a week. It would be more than that, but we only buy organic milk. Since the organic stuff is so...

Yeah 1 bred heifer is all I am going to get. We will keep the calf and that will be our second heifer. We have 10 acres and about 8-9 of that will be pastures. The pasture grass is not that good, but we are going to seed and water it this spring. Going to feed alfalfa hey and what ever else we...

Um... Yes! The cows we are trying to get are both about 24 months old and both pregnant. I want to get both of them, but my wife doesn't agree. Her theory is buy one and end up with two rather than buy 2 and end up with 4. I thought it was the more the marrier right????

So we are about to get a jersey or 2 for family cows. I was wondering what all I will need to feed them? Can they live off just hay and snacks (veggie cutoffs from making dinner) or do they need feed/grain as well?

So we are going to go either this weekend or next weekend and pick up 2 Jerseys. Thats the good news. THe better news is that they are both preggo and should calf in about a month! Super excited!!!!!!! This is our first go at cows and I am really looking forward to it.