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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1805569" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Yes, Molly is half Angus, but her black, polled daddy gave her a red gene and a horned gene. It's OK, it makes her look pretty I think. Joe's 3/4 Angus, 1/4 Jersey, but HIS daddy is a homozygous polled black Angus, so he's polled and jet black. </p><p></p><p>We had a very nice (and quiet!) milking session today, and there were no problems until I (stupid me) told Rich to go ahead and let Joe back out of his stall. I figured he could clean up the last of the cream... He bucked out of his stall and fell down, Molly whisper-mooed at him and pooped all over me, so since we were almost done anyway, I shut the pump off and turned her loose. (Yes, I know, I won't let her "win" again, but honestly, I was covered in green poo splats. I can only take so much... LOL!)</p><p></p><p>I tasted her milk from this morning to see how close we are to being able to drink it (colostrum-wise), and even though it's still pretty yellow, it's SWEET! Like, sugar-sweet! I got myself an Ice-Cream-Cow! And now, several hours later, I see the cream line on this morning's milk is one quart cream per gallon jar. She's gonna be JUST fine as my new cow, and she was worth the wait and the effort. (I dumped the last of the neighbor's milk out for the dogs to finish up - from now on, I'm drinkin' Molly's milk only.)</p><p></p><p>I SWEAR I'll try again to remember to take the camera outside for this evening's milking and festivities. Joe is so cute, it's not funny, and he's figured out how to take corners at speed now. My camera isn't fast enough to keep up with him, but maybe I can get a picture of him if he gets tired. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1805569, member: 8202"] Yes, Molly is half Angus, but her black, polled daddy gave her a red gene and a horned gene. It's OK, it makes her look pretty I think. Joe's 3/4 Angus, 1/4 Jersey, but HIS daddy is a homozygous polled black Angus, so he's polled and jet black. We had a very nice (and quiet!) milking session today, and there were no problems until I (stupid me) told Rich to go ahead and let Joe back out of his stall. I figured he could clean up the last of the cream... He bucked out of his stall and fell down, Molly whisper-mooed at him and pooped all over me, so since we were almost done anyway, I shut the pump off and turned her loose. (Yes, I know, I won't let her "win" again, but honestly, I was covered in green poo splats. I can only take so much... LOL!) I tasted her milk from this morning to see how close we are to being able to drink it (colostrum-wise), and even though it's still pretty yellow, it's SWEET! Like, sugar-sweet! I got myself an Ice-Cream-Cow! And now, several hours later, I see the cream line on this morning's milk is one quart cream per gallon jar. She's gonna be JUST fine as my new cow, and she was worth the wait and the effort. (I dumped the last of the neighbor's milk out for the dogs to finish up - from now on, I'm drinkin' Molly's milk only.) I SWEAR I'll try again to remember to take the camera outside for this evening's milking and festivities. Joe is so cute, it's not funny, and he's figured out how to take corners at speed now. My camera isn't fast enough to keep up with him, but maybe I can get a picture of him if he gets tired. ;) [/QUOTE]
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