Our two beautiful twins heifers, Iris and Isabelle, have found a new home. As you will recall, the twins – Iggy’s daughters – were born last summer. Since we are long on milk cows here on the farm, we decided to sell the twins.
Lucky for us, they have found a farm just down the road at Appenzell Farm. We couldn’t be happier. We know the girls will be treated wonderfully. And the Corbridge family has a year or so to consider whether they REALLY want to milk cows every day, twice a day, 365 days a year (as Pete frequently likes to remind anyone who asks).
Iris and Isabelle will be old enough to breed and begin the adult life of a dairy cow by next summer. In the meantime, they get to eat grass, greet visitors, and take in the beautiful vista.
We are feeling rather rich with cows right now because we have three soon to calve. Heide, Chloe and Elsie are HUGE! They have been lounging around putting all their energy into their babies for the last two months.
We are expecting three new little ones any day now. Our calculations put Heide’s due date tomorrow.
I have to admit that I am looking forward to the additional milk. Since those three girls have been dried up, my cheese makes are pitiful. A full day of cheese making results in only three to four wheels each make. I’m ready to get back to a full vat of milk and more wheels to ripen for a future day. — jh
