We moved the cows out to pasture this week and have them off of hay now. It is wonderful to see them in the spring when they get their first run of a new paddock of fresh green grass – jumping a kicking and excited. The children call it “rodeo-ing’. The milk is wonderfully yellow and creamy once again. It is always pretty creamy but the wonderful yellow color that comes from fresh green grass can’t be beat.
Milk production has almost doubled since Monday as well. The girls are all going into long lactations so the boost in production is an especially wonderful perk. We don’t have anyone scheduled to calve until the 27th of July. Not an ideal time for southern Missouri as it will be quite hot by that time but we are just happy that everyone seems to have settled and we will have a calving season once again and it will be here before we know it.
We brought the last pound of butter out of the freezer from last grazing season also so our timing and butter storage ended up being perfect. At one point I had over 60lbs of beautifully yellow grass fed butter in the freezer.
Look for updates more regularly throughout the season. We are once again attending the Farmer’s Market in Mountain Home, Arkansas and will be bringing our naturally raised pork and pastured poultry beginning the end of May. It’s better to order chickens ahead of time so if you may be interested please contact us and we can send you out an order form. I’ve also been baking my sourdough bread and sourdough English muffins for the market.
Thanks for stopping by….
Rachel I hope Bambi is doing well. Bella is absolutely beautiful. Still not friendly but I quess it will just be her nature. We’ve worked on halter breaking but she is so scared of people. Keep in touch