Livestock Down on the Farm

[Samuel Adams]

So…..this morning (we have our own dairy cows and raise occasional bucket calves from the local sale barn) I go out to do chores and am halfway through when I notice a very small chocolatey brown calf standing behind my smallest up and coming sale barn calf (150# Hereford bull).

In my defense……I did notice that my Jersey was “showing signs” about ten days ago……but have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how, who, when, where she was in with a bull.


This one is new to me……


Very healthy, dry, up and running heifer.


Should I buy a lotto ticket ?

(purely anecdotal, never played/never will, but…..)

 

[West]

So do you have a recipe for veal?

JK!

The powerball is up over $800 million.

 

[Samuel Adams]

So do you have a recipe for veal?

JK!

The powerball is up over $800 million.

Hell, before this thread is through, we’ll surely think of somethin’.


Doesn’t have to be veal…..



Clabbered milk recipes, anyone ?

Cottage cheese ?

Yogurt ?

 

[raven]

Put a bow on her head and sweetie says "name her Mocha Surprise".

 

[pauldingbabe]

You should really look at fermented foods. Lots to talk about!

Congrats on your own little October surprise!

 

[Samuel Adams]

You should really look at fermented foods. Lots to talk about!

BTDT


Didn’t make it past homemade wine.

 

[pauldingbabe]

BTDT


Didn’t make it past homemade wine.

Sometimes you don't have to make it past wine.

Wine is fine but liquor is quicker.

 

[Samuel Adams]

Put a bow on her head and sweetie says "name her Mocha Surprise".

Well, as chance would have it, I have two milkers….the Jersey, named “Petunia”, and the Brown Swiss…..named…..







…..yer Sweetie guessed it…..






Mocha

 

[John Deere Girl]

Well, as chance would have it, I have two milkers….the Jersey, named “Petunia”, and the Brown Swiss…..named…..







…..yer Sweetie guessed it…..






Mocha

I loved having jersey cows! The milk and cream was superb!

 

[Samuel Adams]

I loved having jersey cows! The milk and cream was superb!

Winter

Quart jar.

4:30 a.m.

3/4” maple syrup
1/2 pint Jersey cream
Top off with fresh ground/wood stove-brewed coffee




Stand back

 

[John Deere Girl]

Do you ever make soft cheese?

 

[Samuel Adams]

Do you ever make soft cheese?

Yup.

And clabbered milk.

Goes great with crackers and chili.



My Dearest used to make lots of aged hard cheeses.

Those were the days.

 

[summerthyme]

We once purchased a cow who was EIGHT DAYS fresh with her first calf.

Exactly 9 months later, she had a full term calf.

Until then, vets told me I was crazy for saying I was seeing signs of a very early heat cycle on some cows... my experience was with horses, who routinely have a "foal heat" approximately 10 days after giving birth, so it didn't seem that strange to me. But it was considered "impossible", or at least very, very rare.

Not!

Still, nothing beats Irish Dexters for "surprises"! We had a crippled calf ( mama hid her in the round bale feeder... hubby dropped an 800# bale on top of her, ruining her shoulder) who hadn't shown any signs of heat by 14 months of age. We put her on the list for the vet to check, but before he arrived for a routine herd check, she produced a tiny, full term heifer calf. Meaning she got pregnant at 5 months! And since we always pulled the bull out from the mama's with calves for the first few months, she was impregnated by one of three bull calves... all of whom were over a month younger than her!

Summerthyme

 

[Samuel Adams]

Trouble this time is…..I have zero recollection of having a bull anywhere near mature enough…..9 months ago.

She was a year open, at that time.

She dried herself up….6 weeks ago ?

 

[pauldingbabe]

Trouble this time is…..I have zero recollection of having a bull anywhere near mature enough…..9 months ago.

She was a year open, at that time.

She dried herself up….6 weeks ago ?

You sure that heifer wasn't red?

Are you telling us, my dear one, that you have had a miraculous display of immaculate conception? Like, Holy cow!

Is it a mooooricle?

 

[Samuel Adams]

You sure that heifer wasn't red?

Are you telling us, my dear one, that you have had a miraculous display of immaculate conception? Like, Holy cow!

Is it a mooooricle?

It’s either that or an EXTREMELY RARE chance that a third grown bull that got shortly sent to market, following, did the deed.

 

[FireDance]

Anytime is time for sex. Even for…

I mean anytime is time for Gran Marneir. Sorry.

 

[Samuel Adams]

Anytime is time for sex. Even for…

I mean anytime is time for Gran Marneir. Sorry.

Well…..when I was in the fifth grade….I had the strangest dreams about my teacher…….