Meet Buttons!

[allenslabs]

Site didn't want to cooperate but I could see two of teh pics and she is very pretty.

[starjj]

None of the pictures would work for me

[Christina R.]

I couldn't get the first one to work and figured out the secret to the other two. Only click on the link once. I've never seen a complete Jersey farm before, so it was neat to see so many Jerseys in a row. I agree with the udder comment (size isn't everything) when it comes to family milk cows. They all give us more than enough milk to keep us busier than bees. Will you get to see her fairly often between now and when you take her home? Congratulations!!

[dosthouhavemilk]

Wow, calved out at 20 months old?
She looks pretty good for calving out so young.
Her udder looks fine, starting out with a smaller udder is not a bad thing, especially for a family cow situation.

She just looked young to me, not homey.
She is probably still adjusting to the whole new situation.

Looks like you have a wonderful addition.
What are her genetics, if you don't mind my asking?

[sancraft]

I couldn't see the pics. Said access denied.

[Tango]

Congratulations on your Jersey She looks a lot bigger than my little Karma.

[VictoriaAnn]

Well, I don't know what's wrong with the pics. Here's a link to my dh's blog where all the pics are:

http://technoludd.blogspot.com/2005/08/cow.html

Hope this works.

I looked at all of her official papers, but I forgot to ask for a copy. By genetics, do you mean just parentage, or if she has something other than Jersey?

I probably won't see her again until we bring her home in November. But they said they would work with her and try to gentle her a little for us. What nice people!

[starjj]

Now I can see her! Very nice looking cow.

[allenslabs]

Oh very pretty! I got to see them all this time.

[agmantoo]

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The cow has tremendous build for such a young heifer having a calf. She will continue to mature for quiet sometime. She will eventually become one of the nicest looking milk cows you have ever seen IMO. She has a nice udder that should hold up for lots of calves and milkings. At $1000 you have a bargain. She could have easily brought twiced that if she was 6 months older.

[dosthouhavemilk]

Yeah, I just mean her parentage.

[VictoriaAnn]

She is a 3rd generation Heartland cow, I believe. Her dam is Bixy and her sire is Rebel, though I don't remember his other names. By the time we narrowed our choice down to her, I was so dizzy looking at numbers and names that I neglected to ask for copies of her pedigree. I was told that Rebel's dam was an excellent producer. I was also told that they use only semen from the top 15% Jersey bulls available.

Thanks for the encouraging words! As my dh said as we were trying to make sense all the numbers and percentages and trying to look semi-intelligent in front of the dairy folks, "Like I know cows?"

[pygmywombat]

What a pretty little cow! And it looks like the farm she came from was nice and clean. She should settle down- most dairy cows aren't that used to close human interaction, but are easily tamed with treats and brushings.

[VictoriaAnn]

My dh corrected me. They use semen from the top 10 Jersey bulls, not %.

[willow_girl]

Hey, that is one nice looking cow! Excellent udder attachment. Don't worry about size, that is not necessarily a good indicator (although she must be milk clear up to her spine! ). Most heifers haven't been handled much and are pretty scatty. She will come around! Jersies are smart cows.

That is one super-clean barn, too. Looks like a good outfit all around. Congrats!

P.S. Hubby's comments were hilarious.

[christy]

Oh, I am so happy for you She is beautiful.

[Goat Freak]

I could not get to any of the pictures except the middle one, but god bless my computer it automaticly fixed the problem and gave me the site for the pictures, she is pretty very nice looking ya sure got lucky, Good Luck.