How to Knock-up a Cow in No Time – Boo Yah! The Ladies are Bred!
How do you get 2 cows pregnant right out of the gate? No Artificial-Insemination failures. No wasted preg-check visits by the vet. …
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Health Benefits of Raw, Grass-fed, Milk & Dairy Products
Health Benefits of raw, grass-fed Dairy. If you are on the fence about cow or goat ownership I want to encourage you, …
How to Build a Milk Barn You and Your Cow Will Love – A Tour of Our Milking Parlor
How to Build a Milk Barn. This post is a response to a reader request. Thank you for the question & please …
Do Your Children (and Grandchildren) Know Where Food Comes From?
We have had many children out to our homestead. Girl groups, church groups, boy groups, little kids, teenage kids, lots of kids. …
How You End up with a Bull
Oops, I did it again. More cows….. Warning: this post includes a hunky bull, complaining and balls. Stop reading if any of …
Farm Chores – How Long do They Take?
Farm Chores – How much time do they take? I homeschool my 4 children. I do lots of laundry. I cook lots …
Mint Chocolate-Chip Ice Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-Cream. I love ice-cream. My favorite flavor (like most Americans) is vanilla. One of the benefits of having a …
3 Things to Know About Bottle Feeding Calves – Meet Our Bottle Baby!
Bottle Feeding Calves. We have a bottle baby! A week ago, we thought our girl, Faith, was going to pull through. We …
Milk Fever Hangover – She’s Still Hanging in There!
I thought I’d send out an update on our sweet, Jersey-cow, Faith. If you haven’t been following, be thankful. It’s been a …
Faith is Still Standing
Faith is still alive. She is not out of the woods yet. The doctor was by again yesterday. She is getting fantastic …
Down With Milk Fever
Faith miscarried her calf Monday night. Our vet came out and delivered her calf. Before he left he said, “There are 2 types of …
9 Reasons to Get a Jersey Cow and 3 Reasons Not to……..
9 Reasons to Get a Jersey Cow (and 3 Reasons Not to) Why a Jersey Cow? There are many breeds of cows. …
There’s a Walrus at My Farm
Land Walrus. My oldest son has decided that our Jersey cow, Faith, looks like a walrus. He may be right. Why? She’s …
Can You Grass Feed a Jersey Cow?
Can you Feed a Jersey Cow only Grass? I believe we all are trying to do the absolute best we can for …
Goat v/s Cow
Goat v/s Cow We had decided we would own and milk dairy goats. A few Nubian does and one buck was the …