Comments on: Different Types of Dairy Cows – And How Much Does One Dairy Cow Cost? http://www.rawmilkbenefits.com/different-types-of-dairy-cows-and-how-much-does-one-dairy-cow-cost.html Raw Milk Benefits and Ramblings about Real Milk Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cut-N-Jump http://www.rawmilkbenefits.com/different-types-of-dairy-cows-and-how-much-does-one-dairy-cow-cost.html/comment-page-1#comment-405 Cut-N-Jump Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:42:53 +0000 http://www.rawmilkbenefits.com/?p=10#comment-405 We just bought our first heifer, 2 years old, not yet bred for $350. I wanted a Jersey, but we ended up with a Holstein. She's coming around to lettingus near her, touch her occasionally, but milking is a ways off so we are still working o it. I guess it depends on the area, the seller, the cow, the breed, etc. A lot of variables. Kelli- I am printing out your comment for the ice cream recipe. I have one, but nothing like yours. Can't wait to try it! We just bought our first heifer, 2 years old, not yet bred for $350. I wanted a Jersey, but we ended up with a Holstein. She’s coming around to lettingus near her, touch her occasionally, but milking is a ways off so we are still working o it.

I guess it depends on the area, the seller, the cow, the breed, etc. A lot of variables.

Kelli- I am printing out your comment for the ice cream recipe. I have one, but nothing like yours. Can’t wait to try it!

]]> By: Kelli http://www.rawmilkbenefits.com/different-types-of-dairy-cows-and-how-much-does-one-dairy-cow-cost.html/comment-page-1#comment-61 Kelli Tue, 19 May 2009 17:27:44 +0000 http://www.rawmilkbenefits.com/?p=10#comment-61 We bought 4 dairy cows/heifers last June at a dairy auction in Sulphur Springs, Texas... prices ranged from $775 for the jersey heifer that is now fresh to $1400 for a jersey/holstein cross cow ( for some reason the Jerseys are cheaper there, must have to do with lower milk production since there are a lot of dairy farms in the area), 2 of the heifers will come fresh later this year, they are also Jersey/ Holstein crosses). None were broke to milk, we had to do that ourself, you can find stainless steel milk buckets at http://www.lehmans.com/store/Tools___Farm___Farming___Milking_Equipment___Pure_Stainless_Steel_Pails___PS2?Args= These are excellent heavy duty buckets that survive kicks clean easily.... I use a disinfectant bathroom cleaner ( DOW scrubbing bubbles ) on mine and rinse is several times As it would happen my son's BEEF show heifer had her calf and it drowned in a storm. We brought her back to the barn and started milking her too.... She is a Simmental/Angus/ Chiannina cross... we have several milk customers that buy raw milk from us...don't tell the government! Some prefer the Jersey's milk, some the Jersey/Holstein cross's milk, and some prefer Daisy's (the beef cow) milk. We hand milk the 3 cows twice daily, and they graze freely on 10 acres of grass that has no chemicals on it, the cows are not given any hormones and are given antibiotics only if they are sick.... then the milk is given to the dogs and never makes it to human consumption. We feed a mixture of soybeans, a 12% all purpose livestock pellet and an 8% sweet feed, roughly each cow consumes around 6-8 lbs of grain daily plus all the grass she wants... we have a fresh water trough that is filled from our well rather than them drinking from a pond or creek/stream to eliminate any diseases coming in through that route.... no outside cattle are ever put with the milking herd and the bull is health checked before he gets to visit with the ladies. If you will dry your heifer-cow up approx. 100-120 days prior to her calving date, if it is her 2nd calf only, she will increase her milk production up to double what she was on the 1st calf.... this only applies to the 2nd calf after that milk production will stay roughly about the same... whe have seen this with one of our cows... she went from 2 gallons per day to almost 4 per day. Excess milk can be used in several ways... making your own butter, yogurt, buttermilk... and if you are a football fan, make a 5 gallon cooler of hot chocolate from the fresh milk and sell it at ballgames.... people love it when we bring the cooler to the stadium. Pull the cream and mix 2 quarts cream, 2 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon of vanilla and put in an ice cream freezer and you will think you have died and gone to heaven! We bought 4 dairy cows/heifers last June at a dairy auction in Sulphur Springs, Texas… prices ranged from $775 for the jersey heifer that is now fresh to $1400 for a jersey/holstein cross cow ( for some reason the Jerseys are cheaper there, must have to do with lower milk production since there are a lot of dairy farms in the area), 2 of the heifers will come fresh later this year, they are also Jersey/ Holstein crosses). None were broke to milk, we had to do that ourself, you can find stainless steel milk buckets at http://www.lehmans.com/store/Tools___Farm___Farming___Milking_Equipment___Pure_Stainless_Steel_Pails___PS2?Args=
These are excellent heavy duty buckets that survive kicks clean easily…. I use a disinfectant bathroom cleaner ( DOW scrubbing bubbles ) on mine and rinse is several times
As it would happen my son’s BEEF show heifer had her calf and it drowned in a storm. We brought her back to the barn and started milking her too…. She is a Simmental/Angus/ Chiannina cross… we have several milk customers that buy raw milk from us…don’t tell the government! Some prefer the Jersey’s milk, some the Jersey/Holstein cross’s milk, and some prefer Daisy’s (the beef cow) milk. We hand milk the 3 cows twice daily, and they graze freely on 10 acres of grass that has no chemicals on it, the cows are not given any hormones and are given antibiotics only if they are sick…. then the milk is given to the dogs and never makes it to human consumption. We feed a mixture of soybeans, a 12% all purpose livestock pellet and an 8% sweet feed, roughly each cow consumes around 6-8 lbs of grain daily plus all the grass she wants… we have a fresh water trough that is filled from our well rather than them drinking from a pond or creek/stream to eliminate any diseases coming in through that route…. no outside cattle are ever put with the milking herd and the bull is health checked before he gets to visit with the ladies. If you will dry your heifer-cow up approx. 100-120 days prior to her calving date, if it is her 2nd calf only, she will increase her milk production up to double what she was on the 1st calf…. this only applies to the 2nd calf after that milk production will stay roughly about the same… whe have seen this with one of our cows… she went from 2 gallons per day to almost 4 per day.
Excess milk can be used in several ways… making your own butter, yogurt, buttermilk… and if you are a football fan, make a 5 gallon cooler of hot chocolate from the fresh milk and sell it at ballgames…. people love it when we bring the cooler to the stadium. Pull the cream and mix 2 quarts cream, 2 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon of vanilla and put in an ice cream freezer and you will think you have died and gone to heaven!

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