A week ago we got our first cow! She is a Jersey named Honey and is due to calve today. We are hoping she can hang on until the weather is not so chilly. She is very sweet, although the first time I touched her udder she kicked me. She will be 7 years old this year. She was a rescued Jersey from a dairy and has been milked before. We are so happy and thankful that she has come live at our farm.
"We have a cow!" we keep telling each other, not quite believing it. The family we bought her from is moving, and was very sad not to be able to take her with them. She was in with goats at her old home, so has been calmly ignoring our goats, who are just a little bit freaked out at the shock of being around a cow for the first time. It's only a matter of time, though before they are crowding around her.
As our friend Miles put it, Fox Grape Farm is soon to be a place of "milk and Honey."
We are a little nervous about milking a cow for the first time, but are looking forward to the milk, yogurt, cream, butter, clabber, buttermilk, cheese, kefir and whey. Oh, yes, and also the manure!
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