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My first cow-buying experience didn't go so well. I bought a very nice Jersey cow and calf for the purpose of milking the cow and selling off the calf for butcher..

I wanted a mini cow....a gentleman w/ a mid-size cow talked me into buying this bigger, Mid-sized girl.

Between my inexperience and the fact that she was NOT, in fact, a good cantidate for hand-milking (as we were told), our joy at having Celine quickly turned to "What have I done???" regrets.
Her rear teats were too small to hand milk and she was kicky and a 'dancer'....

The problem was, I HAD to milk her once we sold the calf...and it took literally an hour. An hour on your knees ducking kicking cow hooves...not fun.

We sold her to someone w/ a milk machine who loves her dearly....she was a nice cow, she just wasn't built for and wasn't used to hand milking like we were told....With the machine she's doing well.

I thought maybe I'd been soured on the entire idea of cow ownership, but my husband really wanted one and kept pushing.

We happened to run across a little J-Lo heifer (Lowline x Mini Jersey) and traded her for a 4-wheeler we no longer use anyway.

Hopefully we can raise her up / train her and milk her. If not, her size will make her much easier to manage as a pet...which is all my husband really wanted to begin with. I just wanted his pet to help pay for itself.
She's a bottle baby and easy to handle.

This is Morwyn....

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With a pic of me to show how small she is.... 25" at 3 mos.

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Wow, can't believe how little she is!!

I've been thinking about a cow too...but their large size has put me off...but if I could find a little one like that she would be perfect.

Hope things work out better this time for you!
 

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She's following me around and moo-ing at me. I think it's love.:D
 

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Aww, cutie! Can you handle her teats yet? I was wondering why you got rid of that cute Jersey so fast. If I ever get a chance to have one, I'll be sure to actually milk her before signing the check, based on your experience. Who can afford a broken hand or wrist? Sheesh!
 

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The guy I bought her from is "the" Jersey expert...so I guess I ASSumed I could go w/ the info he gave me....he was told she'd been hand milked but he was letting her calf nurse / not milking her at all so he didn't know.

Yes, just like "ride a horse before you buy"...milk the cow before you buy, LOL.
 
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