Is there blood in chocolate milk? The other day I was on a plane and instead of spending the 2 hour flight reading, I had a great conversation with my seatmate. I of course enjoy sharing the story of ...
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Twin calves on the dairy farm.
This last Saturday we had a super special delivery! The cow stork brought us a set of twin heifer calves. Thanks to the technology of Ultrasound and our veterinarian we knew ahead of time that this ...
Norma’s Story.
Many of you know that I lost Norma (The Best Cow Ever) last week. I have truly appreciated all the kind words that you have shared with me on facebook, twitter and other ways. There have also been ...
Norma gets Artificially Inseminated.
So yesterday, exactly 21 days after Norma was in heat, which I wrote this post about finding Norma a bullfriend, Norma was again in heat. This means that her first breeding wasn't successful and we ...
Random cow facts.
I couldn't come up with a good idea about what to blog about today so I went to the Dairy Carrie facebook page and asked for ideas on what to blog about. Natasha wanted to know about the whole cows ...
Picking out a boyfriend for Norma. AKA choosing a bull to breed my cow to.
If dairy cows were actual wild animals and hadn't been domesticated over 10,000 years ago, they would have a calf once a year, similar to deer or elk, or moose. It may surprise you to know that on a ...