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Every day, I go into the barn to toss over two bales of hay into the cows’ hay feeder that is located inside their outdoor access stall.
They go right at it.
That’s BP on the left. She looks horrible, as usual. She’s the picture of a cow who’s had a hard life. It’s hard to put weight on a cow that is of this age and this condition. Believe it or not, she looks better than she did when I got her, and this certainly isn’t her best angle. I’m still looking for her best angle. I’ll find it one day! She’s a good cow.
Glory Bee is on the right. Despite the fact that she receives the same treatment (currently) as BP, she looks about 10,000 times better. But then, I raised her from a calf, with her mother, and she’s never been put through the dairy industry.
Since the only adult cow I’ve ever had and milked is BP, I wonder all the time at Glory Bee. She’s such an awesome creature.
Her bee-hind is stable, by the way. No change! I’m rooting for a Christmas calf!
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on December 1, 2012
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I’m glad BP has such a wonderful place to live out her retirement.
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I think the both look normal. I can hardly wait for them to calve. I hope you get your Christmas Wish.
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On the other hand, GB is half Brown Swiss. Brown Swiss are large dairy cows and don’t have a protruding hip structure as Jerseys do. Brown Swiss always look like well-packed smooth-shaped cows.
Never mind that the photo’s perspective accents BP’s Jersey features.
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