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Welcome! Where did you get your English Shepherd from ?

ACO Lynn!!!!!! Oh my gosh. Small world. I moved my herd and me up to Newbury : ) It is heaven up here!! ACO Janis

Welcome Lynn & Pampered Chicken! My favorite fishing place was the Perkinsville Boat Ramp /Maple Street. I hear there are 8 eagles in that area right now. Where is your farm Lynn ?

Hi Becky!!! We are better than just neighbors, we are "sista" states!!! How much snow you still have on the ground? Do make goats milk keifer ? Janis

Dang!! Did all the Vermonters get buried in the snow? WHERE ARE YOU ALL? Its almost calving season here!!!

Don't wait so long to come east~! Some places in Vermont havent changed since 1930. They live in a time warp. The air is fresh, the water is crystal clear and the view of the mountains is astonishing to see.

Come down and see the herd. You can't live in Vermont and NOT have cows~!!

Each farm is different. There are forms to evaluate all kinds of different situations. I would suggest you call or e mail the AWA office and ask those specific questions, because I don't know those specific answers since your situation is different from mine. I just read my contract and...

~ Nice herd, good photos. "Dads Cow" looks like a Simmental, yes ? No calf with her ?

We use medium. Small ones get covered with ear hair and can't be seen. Large ones rip out sooner as they get caught on everything.

~ We use the "O" method of culling: Any cows that are OPEN, Ornery or OLD go down the road. Cows that are not productive and do not wean a calf with a minimum weaning weight of 550 lbs get sold. Fence jumpers do not get a third chance.

I copied this from the Animal Welfare Approved Standards for Beef Cattle and Calves : Note: In order to help eliminate or reduce the cattle or calves' vulnerability to disease and the need for antibiotics at therapeutic levels, Animal Welfare Approved encourages the appropriate use of vaccines...

Yep, Springfield. Where are you ? Got cows ?

~ Just got the news that my cows & farm have been certified Animal Welfare Approved~! Additionally, I am the first in the nation to be certified without an "end" product ( no milk, meat, sausage, etc ) I sell my cows & calves LIVE, not dead. I highly recommend this organization because of...

We double tag each calf born, one "earing" in each ear. We purchase the pre numbered ear tags - 2 bags. If we start 2009 with numbers 1-150, then 2010 we use numbers 150-250, in 2011 will use numbers 250-350 etc. We change the colors each year as well. Currently we buy different colors for...

An Immersion Animal Disaster Training. MAY 2 & 3 2009 Noahs Wish www.noahswish.org Location: Scenic, rural Chester, Vermont Fee: $125 New Noahs Wish Volunteers $85 Returning Volunteers, Students & CERT members Training is designed to simulate the conditions that you may...

NICE CowPort~!!

Diamond Heart Dairy ~ Irasburg VT I could not find a website, but there is lots of great info about this farm. They got the Dairy Farm of Distinction award. Check out this website in Colorado for J- Cows http://www.islefarms.com/ Just talk to one breeder and they will tell you where the...

And Murphy's Law: Tha ugliest cow in the herd produces the largest calf~!! Go figure.

Vermont also has the largest herd of "Dairy" Dutch. In Irasberg VT.