11/21/10, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: North East Alabama
Posts: 711
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New Jersey in the family
Some of you might remember Yo, the Jersey we got in August who was emaciated. And Charlie the calf that came with her. Both are doing really well
I saw another ad in Craigslist for another Jersey cow (not same person), who just calved last month.
We went to see her yesterday and her name is Maggie. No horns this time. She is a little shy of strangers, but he did get her to come into the milking area with us there and put her in the stall and she stayed calm for quite a while while we were talking and petting her.
She looks good. He said he got her in May and she was emaciated as well. They were told she was to calf in August so let her dry up early, but she didn't calf until October. A really sweet heifer calf.
he is just a homesteader like us, but probably more into that us, we are just starting. He is keeping the calf, and will have Maggie two more weeks to wean the calf.
He also has another Jersey which he says is a real easy milker, just shoots out and has Nubian goats, so doesn't need all this milk. (even-though has 6 kids still living at home)
He said Maggie isn't an easy milker, as in doesn't come out as easy as his other one. Her bag is way bigger than Yo's but then Yo was pretty dry when we got her.
I will probably be in a panic for the next few months till I settle into a routine--I am probably worse about that than the cow.
The guy we are getting her from was very nice and offered to be there for support. He said they learned a lot the hard way and they didn't have support.
So this time, we feel comfortable with Maggie and with her current owner (not ours till she is living here).
I will post pictures when she moves in.
She has a much darker face than Yo, and is about the same age 7, 8 years old.
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