Posted by Bret4207 on March 11, 2013 at 04:34:34 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: OT - Milking by Hand posted by Brian G. NY on March 09, 2013 at 20:01:44:
I've had a couple of those cows Bison. So I'll tell the other side of the story. I currently have 2 Jerseys I bought for milk for our bummer lambs in our sheep operation here. The $600.00 I gave for the two of them is only 10 bags of milk replacer, which is about 10 lambs worth of replacer. IOW, it's going to take about 1 bag of replacer to get a lamb to grass eating weight. I bought these cows from a kid that wasn't caring for them, brought them home and kept them out of sight lest some do gooder call the gendarme on me and accuse me of starving some livestock! Fogged the 2nd cut to them and they started gaining right away. One I called "Hope", as in, "I hope she doesn't die!" She was in rough shape, but I got a 1/2 Holstein heifer out of her on July 4th. She's still in milk, giving about 20lbs a day on one milking which is all I need for the lambs. She's never even offered to kick or fight at all. She's an absolute doll to deal with, a joy to be around in every way I can think of and I have a lot higher opinion of this sweet lady than I do of most dogs and all cats I've ever met. If everyone could have a cow like her the dog would no longer be owner of the title of mans best friend!
My ode to Hope is now over. :D
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 04:35:28 03/11/13.
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