Guernsey or Jersey as a family milk cow?

[Hickoryneck]

I would like to get a dairy cow for milk and would just breed her to a local Angus bull yearly and use her calves to fill my freezer where would be a great place to learn about caring for Cattle for a newbie? I raise Dairy Goats but have always wanted a Dairy Cow too :bun
She would have her own 2 acre pasture and once the calf is weaned I might be able to move him/her to another pasture At what age do most wean their calves?
I would prefer to let her raise the calf and would milk her by hand for now at least, I have read you can breed her once a year and dry her up each year for 2 months at the end of each pregnancy so she can rest up is this correct?

Now that I have told you my plans and what I want out of her which breed would be better I am familer with Jerseys and like their size but have heard they can be spunky I can handle a spunky milk goat but not sure a kicking Jersey would be fun Is this true are they laid back in general or a pain?
I read the Guernsey's are very laid back plus it would be cool to have one since my great grandparents had a Guernsey dairy long ago in MD but I have not been to a Cattle show in so long I can't picture how big they are I remember Holsteins are monsters and DO NOT want a cow that big so how much bigger are the Guernsey's then a Jersey?
Which breed do you think would work better for me? And I am not scared of the size I just am scared of what a huge cow could do to my wallet when the feed bill comes

 

[Cricket]

I think it depends on which you like best and which is available. I milk on a farm that runs Jersey bulls, so most of our cows are at least half Jersey, the main part of the herd is all Jersey. I would guess that 99% of the cows that are kicky are kicking for a good reason--first calf heifers, newly calved, stepped on tit, in heat, slack in one or more quarters and those are getting over-milked, etc. They are usually kicking to get the milking machine off. I can only think of 4 cows offhand that stayed in the 'epic kicker' category, and they weren't all Jersey. Except for one, they looked on the pyscho side even out of the parlor. The milking shorthorn was shipped, 2 have reformed, 1 is improving rapidly. If you were hand milking and had patience with a beginner, you'd probably be fine. But if you're buying an older heifer or cow, try her out to make sure!