Cows

Our morning and evenings have been revolving around cows these days. I say "ours" but it's really more Joel's days. And since I don't have much else to blog about but still had a desire to let you know we're alive and doing well...here are the cows...

This is Faith the mother of Bella. She is a Jersey/Fresian cross. She is the first one we started milking.

Bella is a beautiful calf and Dara has enjoyed getting to feed her. We don't use a bottle as it's too difficult to train people how to keep them clean. We give her milk out of a pot and she sucks on our finger to get started drinking. She follows everyone around the pen and is just such a nice calf. She stays in this pen all the time so she doesn't get out of the pasture or drink all the milk.

Our other mother is Lassy. She is a Jersey/Fresian cross. Her son, Samson, was born here but he didn't wait for me to get the camera before he was born. I don't have a good picture of Samson, but he is bigger than Bella and is equally friendly. We left him with his mother for a bit over 3 days. Now he keeps Bella company and we feed him from a pot as well. Here is Peace, a Jersey.

She can be a bit too friendly. She loves people and is often pushed aside by us as she tries to push her way into things. She does make us smile and lives up to her name.

This lovely lady is Ginger. She is a Guernsey (sp?) and is due to calf the beginning of next year. We're hoping she will go to a village before too long.

This is Hope. She is another Jersey/Fresian cross. We used to call her trouble because she's quite skittish and ran threw electric fences and stuff when she first arrived. But would you want your name to be "Trouble"? Maybe there is hope for her...thus her name.Ruth was playing with my camera and caught me with my child. Isn't she precious?!