Posted on September 5, 2009 by peacefulacres
Yesterday was filled with the joy of Sweet Girls birth 25 years ago and at the same time it was filled with sorrow.
Josie was acting a bit odd yesterday. She refused her grain in the morning…very odd indeed. She then started walking around with her tail up like she wanted to poo but couldn’t…also very [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2009 by peacefulacres
This little one has been such a delight to me! Her little face has turned black, but will probably change again before she matures. She’s really pretty tiny for her age, and because of that I will probably try to breed her to a Mini Jersey bull (AI of course). At [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by peacefulacres
There’s a first time for everything. I gave my first cow bath today! Since Josephine lived on the dairy farm and hob nobbed with the other heifers, she was pretty caked in cow poo. It took me at least an hour and I didn’t even get it off her legs yet. [...]
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