Mile stones met!!!

Lets see where did I leave off…..
Oh yes, I remember now, we were milking three cows, feeding three calf’s and celebrating our first milk pick up.  Well today we are milking 5 cows, feeding 5 calf’s and celebrating having sold over 1000 pounds of milk and reaching the 300 pound mark in our tank!! 
Do you ever [...]

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One More…

Woke up this morning to a healthy heifer calf.  This means one more cow to milk to add to those precious pounds in the bulk tank.  It will not add to this tank as we have to have to wait a few milkings for nice clean clear milk, the calf gets mama’s milk for 3 [...]

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Time for a Toast…….

to the first 227 pounds of milk we sent with the milk truck to the local dairy today!!! 
As many of you know this has been a long haul, a long and hard summer and now we are starting with a hard winter.  Seeing the truck pull into the yard today was a picture perfect moment [...]

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If its not one thing….

its another!  Pumped milk into the bulk tank last night and the drain hose popped off and I lost half of it on the floor.  GRRRR!!!  So I put a bucket under the drain hose and caught the other half and used it to feed the calfs…..thinking there is always tomorrow!!!
Well this morning went much [...]

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More what knots………

Well milk will go in our tank for the first time tonight!!  It has definately been a long haul and I am ready.  It will be a month before we are able to collect our first check, because they hold 15 days and we are in the middle of their cycle.  Oh well, when it comes [...]

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So much milk so little time…..

Well hopefully the final inspection is indeed tomorrow, hopefully we finish the clean-up tonight (ya, I should be in the barn, but…..) and hopefully we pass the inspection!  We are currently milking three cows, and careing for three calfs, with about 5 more pregnant and due at various times.  I believe when we are ready [...]

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