I have some VERY, VERY exciting news (and I bet you can guess what it is!) - in a month's time, we are going to become first time cow owners! (Cue the excited squeal!)  For months I've been connecting with an amazing farm that raises Jersey cows, waiting patiently to see if there would indeed be a cow for our family.  And the answer is yes, yes, yes!  She is a registered Jersey in her second lactation, she is in milk and has been exposed to a bull, so we're hoping she'll be bred when she arrives in mid-October. Even though we raised Alpine dairy goats for years, we've never cared for a cow.  So, I reached out to my favorite cow-owning homestead bloggers for their VERY BEST tips for a new … [Read more...]