Did You Know?
A cow has to have a calf before she begins to milk. They will usually calve around 2 years of age and have an average of 4 calves in their lifetime. Their gestation length is 9 months, the same as humans. Holstein calves are usually born weighing around 100 pounds.
All cows are born with horns, not just the males. The calves are usually dehorned around 6 months of age. Dehorning prevents them from accidentally hurting each other, hurting the people working with them, damaging the equipment and their home, and doing harm to themselves.
Cows are milked twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, with no holidays. The average Holstein cow milks** pounds a day. When producing this much, not milking a producing cow is dangerous and will result in the death of the cow. Even if the calf was to be left with the mother, it could not nurse enough each day.
Cows do not have teeth in the top front of their mouth. Instead they have a hard palate and large molars in the back.
Katahdin sheep have hair instead of wool, and thus shed and do not need to be sheared.
Donkeys naturally dislike dogs and are kept in the fields with the cows to keep coyotes and other stray dogs out. The donkey won't stop until the dog is completely out of its reach.
Great Pyrenees dogs are also used for protection for the sheep. They will mark their territory around the fence and patrol that border every day and night to be sure that the sheep are safe and no dangerous wild animals get inside. The dogs will also protect the sheep by staying with them. When a sheep is lambing or hurt, it will go off by itself (when they normally stay in large groups) and the dogs will stay with them to alert us and keep any predators away.
All cows are born with horns, not just the males. The calves are usually dehorned around 6 months of age. Dehorning prevents them from accidentally hurting each other, hurting the people working with them, damaging the equipment and their home, and doing harm to themselves.
Cows are milked twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, with no holidays. The average Holstein cow milks** pounds a day. When producing this much, not milking a producing cow is dangerous and will result in the death of the cow. Even if the calf was to be left with the mother, it could not nurse enough each day.
Cows do not have teeth in the top front of their mouth. Instead they have a hard palate and large molars in the back.
Katahdin sheep have hair instead of wool, and thus shed and do not need to be sheared.
Donkeys naturally dislike dogs and are kept in the fields with the cows to keep coyotes and other stray dogs out. The donkey won't stop until the dog is completely out of its reach.
Great Pyrenees dogs are also used for protection for the sheep. They will mark their territory around the fence and patrol that border every day and night to be sure that the sheep are safe and no dangerous wild animals get inside. The dogs will also protect the sheep by staying with them. When a sheep is lambing or hurt, it will go off by itself (when they normally stay in large groups) and the dogs will stay with them to alert us and keep any predators away.
