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Originally Posted by CaliannG (Post 6333664)

~chuckles~ Hollie, you now know someone who does goat butter, goat cream, goat cream cheese, etc! Me!

BUT.... when I want cream to do those things with, I bring my milk in from the barn and put it immediately through the cream separator that my mother got me for X-mas a few years back. The separator is from the Ukraine, and it cost her $152.00.

Goat butter is different from cow butter. Cow cream contains Beta Carotene (a precurser of Vitamin A) that gives it that yellow look. Goat cream has bio-available Vitamin A, instead of the precurser, so it is white.

~grinz~ However, I hope you have fun with your cow! You are going to find that you are going to need a bigger property soon, though.... because dairy animals of all kinds are addicting, and you will want to add more.

Good for you! I actually love goat butter. I had it once and it was soo good I felt like it was a shame it cost so much because it is totally out of my price range. I think I like butter period, way too much!

welcome to the cow cub Hollie! (don't worry, you'll get suckered into la manchas or nigies or something too one of these days cuz they're just 'so cute!')

We currently have 3 and 3/4ths cows.

There's Martha, our reliable 4 yr old grade dexter (polled):
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...otodump282.jpg
and her heifer Monica on the right. Monica is out of a lowline angus bull and is now 3 months older than that photo and weaned to hay for the most part.

There is also Betty, the red dexter. She came as a package deal with Martha and Monica and will be sold to a new home when she's bred. I've seen photos of her udder full and it's excellent, but she's never been handled much and needs some hands on to be a milker and I should not be dancing with wild cows in my condition.
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...otodump108.jpg
she's really nice, just doesn't like being caught and i haven't gone farther than trying to catch her. This is what happens when cows are just raised "on pasture" :(

We also have "Missy", a belmont who just dropped us a bull calf.
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...otodump102.jpg

her milk is fantastic and thick, but she's still hormonal. I am also not allowed to mess with chronic kicking cows, so we'll milk her again when her hormones level out.

I like your pictures! I have heard a lot of people say that they like Dexters. There is something to be said for smaller cows.