Got Milk?!?

The first week of August we got ourselves a cow! She is a registered Jersey cow. Having her around has been a learning experience! I would have gotten rid of her the first week if it were my choice!!! But things have gotten better. I actually enjoy her now. She is very personable and friendly. She will mooo when you pull in the driveway, mooo when she sees the bathroom light on in the middle of the night, etc. She does like company. Tyler can actually call now her and she comes running.

The second day we had her she broke through the fence and we spent the greater part of an hour looking for her. We have 51 acres and there are hundreds more around. We hadn't a clue where she could be. Tyler and I followed mud prints until they stopped. I gave up leaving Tyler in the woods with one of two two-way radios. As I was walking down the hill, I prayed repeatedly, "Lord, I know you know where she is, can you please show me?" I turned my head at every little sound in the woods hoping it would be her. As I was walking down the hill, I noticed new prints that weren't there before. Shortly there after, I looked to my side, and there she was!! Praise God!!! She was off to the side of the road, stopped by a fallen tree. Now the fun part was getting her out of the woods. I called Tyler on the radio and came and met me. I went on ahead to get a rope. That is when I met my neighbor on her ATV. She went up and with the help of some old branches, and Tyler pulling, they got her down the hill. Needless to say she stayed locked up in the barn for a week, until she was used to being here.

The first couple of weeks were tiresome, learning how to milk and such. We now have a portable milker that a family from church gave us, which helps tremendously. That was a blessing!!! She is still learning to get along with the horse. They still keep a safe distance apart, but at least they are not scaring each other anymore.