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Titus2woman
04-09-2012, 09:20 PM
Yesterday I went to buy a cow... Well evidently I have very poor impulse control. I've wanted mini-Jersey cows forever but they are spendy little creatures so I've held off.... until now... Here is what came home packed like sardines in a can in my small two horse trailer. :D
Yes, one in every color!!!
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/pasofinofarm/moos028-1.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/pasofinofarm/moos026.jpg
houston
04-09-2012, 10:22 PM
They are beauties.
MawMaw
04-10-2012, 04:03 AM
So, those are mini jersey's?
They don't appear to be much
smaller than regular?
Curious as to why they're called
mini's?
Cindy
04-10-2012, 04:05 AM
Triplets :highfive
Titus2woman
04-10-2012, 05:00 AM
So, those are mini jersey's?
They don't appear to be much
smaller than regular?
Curious as to why they're called
mini's?
A regular Jersey is over 50 inches tall. Minis are 42 or less. Mine are right at 42/43. It's the difference between milking a cow I lean over and one where the back comes up to my neck. I am just not comfortable sitting under big cows to milk so I have been milking Dexters and one little Jersey for years. Weight wise my mini cows average 600-700 pounds. Standard Jerseys 1,000+ and Holsteins 1.200-1,500
Here are a couple of pictures for perspective (not my cows)
Standard dairy Jersey- They have been bred up for size for decades:
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/pasofinofarm/TSsuffDairyChampion.jpg
Miniature Jersey- Closer to the size they are on the Isle of Jersey although some people breed them down to tiny dog sized cows.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/pasofinofarm/MarkApril20375113_std.gif
Bro. Robbins
04-10-2012, 06:18 AM
those are some purtie animals.... makes me miss my farm days growing up big time.
berkeley
04-10-2012, 06:32 AM
I want a dog sized cow...
KeptByTheWord
04-10-2012, 08:40 AM
Wow! So are you going to use all the milk they put out? Or do you sell some of it? They are beauties. Can understand why you'd want the mini version of the cow after seeing the pictures you posted!
Dog-sized would be relative.
I have a friend who lives on a farm, and they have been waiting on their cows to birth for a while. I think they had one to go when I saw him last week.
Titus2woman
04-10-2012, 08:59 AM
Wow! So are you going to use all the milk they put out? Or do you sell some of it? They are beauties. Can understand why you'd want the mini version of the cow after seeing the pictures you posted!
I do cow shares. People buy into the herd (by contract) and then I board and milk the cows that they own shares of... they can then own a cow without having to figure out where to keep her, how to feed or clean up after her or how to get milk from her and into a bottle :)
I also raise pigs with the extra milk... Nothing as good as milk fed pork. It allows me to give the pigs enough protien without having to feed them commercial grain.
So my cows turn grass, water and sunshine into milk, beef, pork, and fertilizer to grow crops that also become food for us, them, the rabbits, goats, and pigs. Very cool how God designed it all to work :)
MawMaw
04-10-2012, 01:19 PM
Thanks for letting me know the differences in the mini jersey's and the regular ones! :)
Have been enjoying reading all your farmlife posts!
Margies3
04-10-2012, 08:27 PM
How is the milk output compared to a standard sized cow? (gallon to gallon)
Titus2woman
04-10-2012, 08:38 PM
How is the milk output compared to a standard sized cow? (gallon to gallon)
Production varies animal to animal. My girls average about 3 gallons per day over their lactation. Feed is less than half for a standard Jersey... Some of the really good big girls produce 8 gallons/day at peak. But with that kind of output keeping them healthy is a job better left to professionals. The minis are hardy and stay in good flesh (weight) instead of becoming skeletal.
The original cows from the Isle of Jersey are smaller and usually live and breed/milk into their teens. Commercial cows have been bred up for that high production at great expense to the animals overall. They are usually culled (turned into burger) around age 3.
KeptByTheWord
04-11-2012, 08:22 AM
I do cow shares. People buy into the herd (by contract) and then I board and milk the cows that they own shares of... they can then own a cow without having to figure out where to keep her, how to feed or clean up after her or how to get milk from her and into a bottle :)
I also raise pigs with the extra milk... Nothing as good as milk fed pork. It allows me to give the pigs enough protien without having to feed them commercial grain.
So my cows turn grass, water and sunshine into milk, beef, pork, and fertilizer to grow crops that also become food for us, them, the rabbits, goats, and pigs. Very cool how God designed it all to work :)
Would love to be close enough to get my hands on some of that milk! There was a dairy nearby when we lived in Texas, and at the time he wasn't doing the leases, you could just go into his store, and get the milk. It was absolutely delicious. NOTHING like the milk you get in the store. His prices were fairly reasonable, 5 dollars a gallon, but when the drought hit Texas, and he had to buy his hay his price went up to 7 dollars a gallon. We still paid it, but were careful not to drink quite so liberally as we had when it was cheaper.
Margies3
04-11-2012, 11:58 AM
do you pasteurize the milk that you drink personally? When I was a kid we drank the milk straight from my grandma's cows and never gave it a thought. And when she didn't happen to be raising cows, we bought the milk from the dairy farmer down the road who gave it to us cheaper than the stores because it was not pasteurized. I'm not even sure we could buy it directly from the farmers these days.
Titus2woman
04-11-2012, 01:10 PM
No I do not pasturize my milk. Pasturization kills many of the natural enzymes in milk and denatures proteins. There is a lot of good information about raw milks health benefits here: www.realmilk.com
I would never drink unpasturized milk from a commercial dairy. That milk needs to be pasturized as it has pus, blood, manure and all manner of other nasties in it. :spit
Our milk is from clean cows who spend their days out on grass pastures, not in dirt lots. They live naturally, raise their own calves, and are peacefull. They even love us :) Healthy, happy cows make good clean milk.
AreYouReady?
04-11-2012, 04:22 PM
I would like to buy raw milk but the FDA forbids it. We will never be able to buy raw milk from any farmer because they will raid their farm.
They are the food nazis.
Titus2woman
04-11-2012, 06:04 PM
I would like to buy raw milk but the FDA forbids it. We will never be able to buy raw milk from any farmer because they will raid their farm.
They are the food nazis.
Mississippi
Belmont: Covenant Creek Farm, Stephen & Chris Holland. Email: covenantcreek@yahoo.com , website: covenantcreekgoatmilksoap.com. They have raised dairy goats and provided raw milk since 1993. Their registered Saanens, Alpines and Oberhasli produce wonderful rich milk (great for cheese making). Please call for appointment and to order. Milk must be picked up at the farm, conveniently located off HWY 25. Soaps and lotions can be ordered online from the website.
Brandon: Susan & Dennis Davis of Southern Touch Farm. The farm is conveniently located approximately 20 minutes East of Jackson. (601) 825-2676. E-mail: davisds5@bellsouth.net and Website: southerntouchfarm.com . Their beautiful show quality dairy goat herd consists of the Toggenburg, Oberhasli, Alpine, Nubian and LaManchia breeds. They manufacture their own feed and use no chemical additives. Their herd health is maintained with minimal use of chemical wormers and they keep no milk from a goat that has been treated with medications of any kind. A very small flock of hens is maintained and they also have a Miniature Horse named, Starlet, as well as a lovely rare breed Miniature Jersey Cow named, Emily. They manufacture and sell hand made luxury goat milk soap that is a notch above most other hand-made soaps. Be sure to look at the soap works portion of the website for more information. Visits to the farm should be scheduled ahead of time please.
Jackson: Raw cow's milk can be purchased at the Mississippi Farmer's Market in Jackson, MS. For more information visit their website at mdac.state.ms.us/n_library/departments/farm_mkt/index_farmmkt.html
Lucedale: Willow*Blu Dairy Goats, Pamela Heathcock, (601) 770-0811, email: wwacres1@yahoo.com . Website: geocities.com/wwacres1. They Raise Nubian Dairy Goats. They offer fresh, pure, RAW goats milk by the gallon January-July. No antibiotics, chemicals, or hormones of any kind used on their milkers. By state law: All milk must be picked up.
Lumberton: Paul and Linda Duplantis, Hatikvah Farm, 20 Buster Shaw Road, Lumberton, MS 39455, is located in Stone County, halfway between Poplarville and Wiggins on Hwy. 26. They have a small herd of purebred, registered ADGA Nubian goats which are CAE free. They offer fresh or frozen raw goat milk in half-gallon containers which must be picked up at farm. Please call (601) 928-5901 or e-mail at paldu01@bellsouth.net for directions.
Saucier: 2-G Farm, Located 1hr south of Hattiesburg, 20 minutes from coast 4 miles off Hwy 49. Janet Cooper, 19357 Frank Ladner Rd., (228) 832-8777, cell (228) 861-7526. email jcgoat1217@aol.com . Website: 2-gFarm.com They have Nubian Dairy Goats, Geese, and Game Chickens. They offer unprocessed, raw milk most of the year, fresh or frozen. The herd is CAE free, tested annually. All milk must be picked up at farm. Please call ahead of time.
Seminary: Dogwood Hollow Farm, 630 Earl Brashier Road, Seminary, MS 39479. Owner: Dr. Carroll D. Pierce, (601)752-5552, Fax: (601)752-5553, e-mail: dogwood@bayspringstel.net . Website: dogwoodhollow.com. Dogwood Hollow Farm is a small 8 acre farm located approximately halfway between Ellisville and Collins, Mississippi just off Hwy 588. They have a herd comprised entirely of Nubian Dairy Goats and usually milk year round therefore they usually have fresh milk available for sale at the farm. Their goats are milked twice daily year round and the milk is then rapid chilled to ensure it's quality. Their goats are raised as part of a show herd and they have become known as Mississippi's number one Nubian herd. They also have fresh goat heese available when pre-ordered and have free range chickens which provide us with fresh eggs. Their goats are fed an all natural diet of a goat feed that they devised and then grass hay, the finest alfalfa hay available, beet pulp and grazing on seasonal grasses on the farm.(winter pasture is a mixture of oats, rye grass, wheat, red clover, winter peas and purple hairy vetch: summer grass is brown top millet). They also can have goat milk soap available upon request.
Wiggins: Crazzy Roadlizzard Ranch, John & Michelle Blocher, Wiggins MS, 45 minutes from the coast, Ph: 228-861-2015, text 601-528-3831, email: johnblocherjr@yahoo.com. They raise a herd of purebred Nubians and sell whole and pasteurized milk, fresh and frozen. They have brown and green eggs, California rabbits (live or dressed) and some boar goats.
Wiggins: Kathy's Kritters, Mike & Kathy Davis, 82 T.E. Breland Rd. Wiggins, MS, 39577 davis132283@bellsouth.net , (601) 928-4836. You can pick up your fresh goat milk by the gallon right on the farm. They raise purebred nubian goats which you can see when you pick up milk.
Wiggins: Mommers Manor owned by Steve Scott is offering fresh or pasturized milk from registered Nubian goats. Call ahead to arange a time you can come pick up yours. phone # 228-806-3323
Yazoo City: DeadBroke Ranch Stacy & Trisha Cranston (662)746-5364 H, (662)571-1484 M, email: stacycranston@bellsouth.net . Raw goat milk, grain fed meat goats (chevon), and farm fresh eggs. All products must be picked up at our farm. Please call ahead for directions & times. We are centrally located between Vicksburg-Jackson & Greenville-Greenwood (about an hours drive from each).
If none of those work out for you let me know and I'll find you someone. There are many of us fighting for food freedom.
It is amazing that we can buy food that we know kills but healthy home raised food is forbidden... What does that say about how our government values us (or not)?
KeptByTheWord
04-11-2012, 06:27 PM
If anyone in the Austin area is looking for an awesome raw milk dairy, there is one in Georgetown area called Dyer Dairy. They are wonderful people, and their milk is amazing! They even have a store set up on their property where you can buy things that they make such as cheese, and other things, and also food produced by local people. We bought a side of beef from them too when we lived there. It was great to know we were eating healthy, grass raised beef, without any hormones.
AreYouReady?
04-11-2012, 06:29 PM
Stephen Holland, from Covenant Creek farms died last year. We have bought his wonderful goat milk soap at the monthly flea market. I have not seen them at the flea market since Steve passed away. I love their goat milk lotion. Not sure that they continue to sell because Steve did all the daily milking.
A word about Steve....this man was a messianic jewish preacher..both him and his wife. We spent some time talking with him. I am so very sorry that he is gone.
We must live in a time-warped, worm hole of a place because everybody else is hours away from us. We can't even get DSL or fast access of any kind ...with the exception of satellite...and I'm not paying over $100 a month for internet. We do not have cable either because nobody will bring it out our way.
Yet, we don't want to move. The land has been in the family for 136 years.
Titus2woman
04-11-2012, 07:33 PM
If anyone in the Austin area is looking for an awesome raw milk dairy, there is one in Georgetown area called Dyer Dairy. They are wonderful people, and their milk is amazing! They even have a store set up on their property where you can buy things that they make such as cheese, and other things, and also food produced by local people. We bought a side of beef from them too when we lived there. It was great to know we were eating healthy, grass raised beef, without any hormones.
Another endorsement in the Austin are is for my friend Kimberly Jacoby and her milking Dexter herd and Alpine goat diary at Star Creek farm. She also bakes home made bread for the locals. Kim is a sweet Christian lady and her husband Preston is a firefighter in Austin. You can tell her Melissa sent you ;)
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