Your girl is SO beautiful: I am literally green with envy. We are dealing with a dairy farmer on a 4 year old Jersey right now. If all goes well, she'll be here next month: As soon as we get her house built and our new (very old used) trailer ready to go get her (needs some work but it is solid). She has been hand milked and is giving around 4 gallons a day and is bred to a pedigreed Jersey bull. After reading your post, I am going to mention to the DH that we should put in a concrete pad for the milking area....I wouldn't have thought of that before she got here otherwise....so thank you!
I worked on a big dairy farm for a while when I was a teenager a long, long time ago, but very rarely hand milked....so this will be interesting. I am so very excited about being able to make butter and cheese though.
Well that and cows are so darned adorable
I worked on a big dairy farm for a while when I was a teenager a long, long time ago, but very rarely hand milked....so this will be interesting. I am so very excited about being able to make butter and cheese though.