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Brown Swiss Heifers at Kelley's Dairy


    These Brown Swiss heifers are quite gentle as almost all Brown Swiss cattle are.
Cheerily
 IJK

Comments (0) Permalink September 23, 2008


Cow and Calf at Kelley's Dairy

 
   Brand new Brown Swiss bull calf born Saturday afternoon at Kelley's Dairy.  This bull calf is for sale.
  
Mother of the new bull calf.  This young Brown Swiss cow is a two year old and he was her first calf.
 
    The very first time she came right on into the barn and put her head down and began eating,  She has been a real lady about getting milked, but then again Brown Swiss usually are.
  
  Just look at that udder.  When I washed her and prepped her for her very first milking she never moved a foot.  Brown Swiss are great about being easy to handle.

Just left click on the photo and a larger picture will jump right up.
Cheerily
IJK

Comments (0) Permalink September 14, 2008


Brown Swiss Heifers

    The Brown Swiss heifers shown here represent the future of Kelley's Brown Swiss Dairy.  They are the result of 23 years of continuous A.I. breeding.  I do all the breeding myself.  The heifers above are all bred and waiting to calve. They should be calving within the next  6 to 8 weeks.  It is always with great anticipation that I await the calving of a heifer.  The hottest part of the summer should be behind us by the time they calve and that is good.  Hot weather is a strenuous time for them to calve.    
    We have been raising Brown Swiss for 34 years and have always raised our replacement heifers.  It has been over twenty years since we purchased one.  The last one purchased was from Mason McCubbin of Springfield, MO.  It has been quite some time now since he and his wife, Dorthea,  have passed on.  He was a very knowledgeable breeder and really loved the Brown Swiss breed. We always enjoyed competing against him in the area cattle shows and learned a lot from him.
Cheerily
IJK

Comments (0) Permalink August 24, 2008


Brown Swiss Cows

The cows all looked so peaceful as I went to bring them in for the evening chores that I took a few photos to share.


Cheerily
IJK

Comments (0) Permalink August 23, 2008


Milk Time for Kelley's Dairy


    Following the Brown Swiss cows to the barn for the evening milking on a midsummer afternoon.
Cheerily
IJK

Comments (0) Permalink August 16, 2008


Kelley's Dairy Brown Swiss



    Jacob recently told me about a video editing program I had on this computer that I did not know about.  He showed it to me on his and then I came home and played with it.  Hopefully it will not take too long to learn to do a much better job than this one.
Cheerily
IJK

Comments (1) Permalink August 10, 2008


Brown Swiss Heifer Calves

    Saturday when I arrived home from baling hay my wife informed me that she thought we had a heifer trying to give birth.  It is always possible to have trouble with a cow during birth and especially for heifers with their first calf.  So we jumped in the truck and headed over to where she was laying in the corner of the field.  When we got there she jumped up and we decided that she was not quite ready yet so we gathered her and the other heifers that were in the field and drove them closer to the barn and into a smaller field so we could keep a closer eye on her.  One hour later the photo below shows what we found.
    The feet are showing but the waterbag has not broken yet.  Everything is still ok but now it is time to take action.  I headed to the barn to get the calfpullers so I would be able to assist.



    You can see in this short video that she is in labor but not hurting or excited. I took this just before I started using the calfpullers. I had to physically break the waterbag to get the ob chains on the calf's legs.
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    In the above video you can see she is up and about and starting to take care of the calf and he is gingerly shaking his head.

    When "Flossie" and I went back an hour later to check we found him up and ready to eat. I have to report he is doing great at this time.
 Cheerily
 IJK

Comments (0) Permalink July 15, 2008


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