Milk cow pics..or link to them

Sabrina67 · #1 06/06/08, 11:15 AM

I am sorry I have no idea how to post pics here. Here is a link to pics if you want to see. http://picasaweb.google.com/Funnyfarmpics
Sorry I have to link to other pics, maybe I can get more puter savy soon.
I think she is so cute *beams*

hawkinsbunch · #2 06/06/08, 02:07 PM

She's purty!

Sabrina67 · #3 06/07/08, 01:46 PM

Thank you . She is so sweet too !

vquinn2 · #4 06/11/08, 09:33 PM

She is a pretty girl! What's your plans for her? Is she bred? Nurse cow? Milk cow? She will be your very best friend. Gotta love those jersey's!
Valerie

Sabrina67 · #5 06/12/08, 04:58 PM

Well, we hoped to have milk..but now we have realized that she has a huge case of mastitis. Vet trip tomorrow so wish us luck that they will say she can be helped. She is so very sweet and it would be a shame for her to be unable to be healed.
She is supposed to be early bred , the Vet will check tomorrow. I hope so at least that would be a positive.
I have been so sad that she is sick, and she is still so very gentle. I have been giving her shots and hoping she won't hold it against me.

Madsaw · #6 06/13/08, 01:42 PM

Sabrina,
If she had calves on her she will sometimes not give her milk down to us.
We have had them dbattles before in the barn. A good product to give a fwe minutes before milking is Oxytosin(spelling).
This will change her mood to give the milk down and help flush out the mastitis.
Later
Bob

Sabrina67 · #7 06/13/08, 02:00 PM

Well we went to the Vet. She is NOT bred...like I am surprised. Hopefully after we get her mastitis cleared up we can have her bred. I am very sad that she isn't bred..We don't have a bull so it will mean finding a close one or AI. I am trying to locate teh dairy she originated at so I can ask them why they sold her. I am hoping it wasn't that she couldn't be bred.
So..after a 200 dollar vet bill.....GRRR
She is still the sweetest cow. I really hope she turns out ok.

bigmudder77 · #8 06/13/08, 02:25 PM

ya that sucks where did you get her at? im still waiting on my vet bill cant wait to see mine 3 bottles of ivs and about 4 shots of different stuff plus a after hour call and a poop test

Sabrina67 · #9 06/13/08, 02:34 PM

Mayfield Ky at the auction. I know...auctions are a no no. She was just so beautiful. One bottle of antibiotic is 125.00 And I thought my kids were expensive ..lol

Madsaw · #10 06/13/08, 03:15 PM

What the heck kind did he sell you for that. More then likely she was sold due to her mastitis to begin with. Putting calves on her would knock it out of her was probally what the last guy thought that bought her. What kind was it? thick and gooey water or stinky. Is it in all 4 quaters?
Should just PM you my phone number it would be faster tehn 20 questions on here
Bob

Sabrina67 · #11 06/13/08, 03:26 PM

It was excenel RTU a whole bottle plus the two shots he gave her today. Her milk was clear and clumpy then went brown and thick gooey. And just my luck all four quarters. I am afraid she will have chronic mastitis. Or not be able to be bred. Really grumpy.The guy from the Missouri Ag service (Missouri is where she started) is supposed to e-mail the original owners name so I can contact them. They may tell me why they sold her.
The shot already seems to be helping. She is in the field eating ..like a cow. Before she had not eaten more than a very small amount at all. So..she will be dry...not bred...but hopefully healthy enough to put on weight, and be bred or sold.

bigmudder77 · #12 06/13/08, 03:37 PM

ya we use to go to alot of auctions about 10 years ago we got alot of good deals there but now like every auction i go to the stuff there looks sickly

about 10 or 11 years ago we got 4 goats from an auction lol one fainting cause he went for i think $10 he was a bull but had already been banded so we just got him cause he was cheap and i was young and i wanted him

then we got a male goat not banded (sorry not in to goats any more dont know the names) but he died 4 years later

then we got 2 females and the male bread both them and each had 5 babies then we sold 4 to a friend that wanted them for 4-H. then 2 more to another family that said they wanted them for 4-H then the rest to some other family that only came for one but i gave them a good deal on all 4 and they couldnt say no lol

but i still have the fainting goat hes like 12 or 13 now and has a hard time walking but gets around good and i dont have the heart to put him down when hes getting around just fine

but now you go to auctions and alot of the people lie to get rid of there stuff and it just gives them a bad name

Sabrina67 · #13 06/13/08, 03:59 PM

Yea we used to get really good deals. You can still get pretty good deals on poultry. But cows are getting where it isn't worth trying.
I just got too hopeful I guess. I had been wanting a cow for so long and she is so pretty. I just hope she works out. Still waiting on AG people to let me know something. I imagine it will be next week before I hear anything.

bigmudder77 · #14 06/13/08, 04:10 PM

i get my chicks from a meyer hatchery in polk ohio about 30 mins from me or tsc has them the start of spring never had a thing go wrong when i got them from there

but i hope you find all the info you need about the cow and hope she gets better

Sabrina67 · #15 06/13/08, 04:26 PM

Thanks Bigmudder77 .I am really trying not to be too upset. lol But money isn't plentiful here and I have sunk alot in her. I love her already so I am hoping too.

Madsaw · #16 06/14/08, 06:13 AM

Sabrina,
Kind of sounds like she was drying off when she was sold. And the fact the other guy ran calves on her stirred up the mastitis. Jerseys are funny cows, they can not take much pain. If they get just a little sick they act like they are dieing. I am not much of a fan of Excenel, But some vets push it. Did he leave you anything to treat the quaters with? I have seen some real bad cases turn out to be good next time around.
Later
Bob

Sabrina67 · #17 06/14/08, 06:34 AM

No nothing to treat quarters with. She had almost totally quit giving any milk at all so he said there wasn't any need for it. He gave her a shot to dry her the rest of teh way off and a vitamin shot. He also gave her a large antibiotic shot while she was there. I feel like she is going to hate to see me coming after all these shots

I just hope she can be bred I think the mastitis will be ok, so now we wait for her to gain enough weight we can get her bred.
I can definitely see how the Jersey is the "delicate flower" of the cow breeds.lol She does seem to be a drama queen. Last nite she was showing she was feeling better though. She didn't want to come up to the barn.I think she hated to leave the grass. I had to go get her, and she was pouty.