07/21/10, 03:15 PM
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Alberta Farmgirl
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada (Not the USA!)
Posts: 903
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What other details can you give us? In that case I have a fair few questions for you:
How big is your acreage or farm, if you've bought one already, or how big is the area you want to keep your milk cow? Do you have fencing, water, and feed up? Do you know what the costs will be for feeding your family milk cow? What breed[s] are you interested in? How old would you like to start raising her, from a calf or from buying a cull dairy cow from another dairy farm? Do you have any other animals that you have to keep her company 24/7? If not, are you willing to take on another animal along with the family cow, particularly a heifer? Do you have any plans for breeding her, or understand that you may have to have her bred at another farm or get her AI'd in order for her to keep producing milk? Do you have access to a large animal veterinarian in case things go wrong?
I could go on, but we need to know a LOT more from you than the fact that you would like to get a "nice family milk cow." The questions may seem like a lot, but they will help us a lot in telling you where to go, what to do, etc.
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