SweetPea pregnancy update!! Yesterday her utter was getting real full and two of her teats were too. We thought she was about to go into labor, but it was a false alarm.
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| Getting nice and full!! Can't wait to have her milk. =D |
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| Loves her salt lick. |
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| She always follows us when we leave and here lately will moo at us when we reach the porch. Makes you not want to leave!!! What a sweetie pie she is. |
Yesterday evening Robby & Dad started on the doors that will go inside the run-in. They will be on tracks against the barn. The left one will open into the stall, and the right one will open into the milking parlor. We have not built the milking parlor yet, but we will soon!! We did however order the milking machine and milk machine cleaner yesterday. Super excited about that!
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| Lookin' good!! And so is the door hehe |
This morning SweetPea was dripping some colostrum from her front right teat! Getting closer!! Her utter feels tighter today too and her teats feel like water balloons. She still hasn't had that ligament go spongy yet, so still not time. =( I'm so anxious to see her calf!
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| Made some spray to keep flies off of her. They were driving her nuts!! Worked good =) |
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| ♥ She is precious ♥ |
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| (Next 3 photos taken with phone) Melissa and I groomed her today. Got her all washed up back there and brushed her good. |
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| All clean!! |
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| Enjoying some good hay. |
I am loving this new life we have!!
Love the door. Can't wait to see it all finished and stained. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the picture of SweetPea with her head turned back. . . She looks like a fawn. c:
Me too. Those doors are going to be pretty awesome :) Yes she does! So cute.
DeleteShe's so cute! Glad everything is all going well and that you're enjoying it all so much!
ReplyDeleteAlso, what exactly does a milking machine do? Is it for milking Sweetpea, or is it something you put the milk through after?
Thank ya! The milking machine milks SweetPea. Instead of hand milking which takes about 30 mins, you can use this machine that takes about 2-5 mins. Although we will definitely try out hand milking just for sake of trying hehe I've got some pictures of it I'll try putting up soon.
DeleteI'm SO excited for you guys!!! I can't wait to see pictures of the baby!!!!! I can't wait to have my own Jersey cow one day, they're my favorite! I wish I could meet ya'lls cow and her baby!! Jersey's are the sweetest things!! Ya'll are gonna enjoy having farm fresh milk so much. And having a calf around is gonna be such a fun experience! I look forward to updates and pictures!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Brittney!! Jerseys are soooo sweet! Esp our girl =D You need to come visit us! Then you can see SweetPea, her baby, and Mr. Bullitt hehe Hope you're doing good!
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