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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.

Well thanks for the story bonbean. That is pretty much how I want to do it. A little here, a little there. redtail thanks for the incouragement. I talked to a co worker that does alot of work for some of the ranches in our area. He told me that I should be able to support 1 head of cattle per...

Well good news and bad news. I found a local ranch that has longhorns. They are 100% pasture fed. They don't supplement at all. I got a call in to the Rancher and he answered alot of my questions. He doesn't sell cattle on a small basis. He said he sells them by the truck load... Literally. But...

We take weekend trips often and I get 2 weeks of vacation a year. So, I guess you'd say we travel quite a bit. That being said, right now we have friends who will come check the chickens every day when we go out of. They keep the eggs as "payment". We also have alot of friends whose children we...

Well, it's not that she is against having livestock. It's that we are wanting to supply ourselves with meat and possibly milk. That way we would be raising all or at least the majority of our own meat. We have never eaten goat so she doesn't want to even think about them until we try some. We...

Well, crazyland, I have answers for your questions. We live in west texas. Just north of midland/odessa. We are willing to travel. If it will save us money. We aren't really sure what kind of livestock. I am open to raising any/all edible livestock, cows, goats, sheep, pigs... My wife on the...