This little half Jersey/half Hereford calf is our milk cow in training. This little girl starts her halter tie down training tomorrow. She has been carrying around the halter for the last month and doesn't seem to mind it much now. She is a sweet little girl but doesn't have any matters, so will still kick you if she gets the chance. Hopefully I will be able to teach her so basic matter over the next month or so.
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Yes, it is true we are a Dairy, and we are voluntary submitting milk samples to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture for monthly testing. We are very lucky to get 2-3 gallons of fresh milk every day for our family. Unfortunately the state of Oklahoma has some weird rules against advertising Raw Milk for sell, so we can't advertise it for sell. These rules do however allow farmers to sell the "incidental" Raw milk on the farm. As best I can figure, the intent of the rules are to allow farmers to sell their extra milk to their neighbors but not much more. While Oklahoma's rules are weird they are more lacks then some states that flat out outlaw all selling of Raw milk.
We moved into the new house in April of 2019, so this is our first Fall in the farmhouse. Grant was really excited about decorating the front porch (we didn't consider that one of the sows might come up and take a big bite out of the pumpkins). We love Fall and hope you enjoy the cooler weather.
So we watched a YouTube video that showed how to grow pecan trees from seeds. Grant decided that was going to be our family science project. So off we went into the woods hunting for pecans, walnuts, and acorns. We collected several different types of seeds, including seeds from these 50 foot tall Persimmon trees. The hogs will be so happy when these Persimmons start falling in a few weeks.
Seems like Fall has official arrived at the farm. I was up early this morning to move the pigs to a new wood lot paddock. We always try to put them in the woods during the Fall and Winter, so today is moving day. The below picture was captured beside our south pond.
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