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<blockquote data-quote="saddlebum" data-source="post: 318234" data-attributes="member: 5541"><p>We always milked range cows when I was a kid, couldn't afford a milk cow, and I always thought the milk was just fine. My husband and I tried to get a first calf heifer (angus cross) broke to milk last spring. She was fairly gentle and had good milk, but her tits were so small it was a big pain in the :lol: to milk her even once a day. We turned her out. It wasn't worth the headache. I ended up buying a bred five year old brown swiss cow last summer for $1500. She came through a friend, but I think she was originally from a mennonite community. I would check with any local mennonites or watch the sale barn. Centennial in fort collins has a few dairy heifers/cows go through every now and then. I'm planning on AIing my cow to a brown swiss bull and using gender sorted semen. So hopefully in the future, I'll have some bown swiss heifers for sale...and to replace my cow when she gets too old. Good luck though, I love the "free" milk and butter and enjoy milking my cow every morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saddlebum, post: 318234, member: 5541"] We always milked range cows when I was a kid, couldn't afford a milk cow, and I always thought the milk was just fine. My husband and I tried to get a first calf heifer (angus cross) broke to milk last spring. She was fairly gentle and had good milk, but her tits were so small it was a big pain in the :lol: to milk her even once a day. We turned her out. It wasn't worth the headache. I ended up buying a bred five year old brown swiss cow last summer for $1500. She came through a friend, but I think she was originally from a mennonite community. I would check with any local mennonites or watch the sale barn. Centennial in fort collins has a few dairy heifers/cows go through every now and then. I'm planning on AIing my cow to a brown swiss bull and using gender sorted semen. So hopefully in the future, I'll have some bown swiss heifers for sale...and to replace my cow when she gets too old. Good luck though, I love the "free" milk and butter and enjoy milking my cow every morning. [/QUOTE]
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