Solid Rock Ranch Homestead

Jersey Cow and Calf March 2012

2012-03-12T07:50:29.174-07:00

We've been really busy here. Spring has come and we've been working in the garden for days on end. Here are some pictures of Jersey Girl and her calf Rosco. He has grown so large and beautiful! I put 3 gallons of milk on the wood cook stove every morning, 2 gallons for pasteurization and 1 gallon for cheese. Jersey is doing wonderful. The calf stays with her all day after milking in the morning, and then in the early evening, he is put in his big stall with hay and grain so he can not drink milk over the night. Then when Jersey is milked in the mornings, we get about 2.5 gallons. This means he is drinking 2.5 gallons during the day!

Jersey Girl and Calf

2012-01-01T09:23:14.934-07:00

Jersey Girl and her calf relaxing outside in the sun. Both of them are going great.

Milking Jersey and new Calf

2011-12-05T18:31:36.713-07:00

Steve using the Farm Master milker to milk Jersey Girl. And Daisy checking out the new baby.

Jersey Girl's new Calf

2011-12-02T03:16:26.034-07:00

Jersey Girl had her calf December 2nd at 2am. He is a big bull calf, stood up and walked around quickly. He was hopping around the stall that afternoon. We started milking Jersey Girl Friday morning and freezing the Colostrum

Cow Horse

2011-08-01T05:58:52.076-07:00

Summer Pics

2011-08-01T05:50:17.582-07:00

Steve and his bay mare Cowgirl riding the pastures.

Our beautiful Jersey Girl, due to calve at Thanksgiving.

3 new Miniature Horse babies

2011-06-30T14:01:19.2822205-07:00

We had 3 new baby Miniature Horses born in June. They all look like their Daddy, Roy.

Dolly, a filly, born to Cricket.

Pokey and her colt.

Cheyenne and her colt.

Faith, the Miniature Horse filly

2011-05-05T19:36:52.8074691-07:00

Grass is growing and beautiful green as we have had 3 feet of rain in the last 4 weeks. Lots of rain. Trees are leaved out, Lilac has already bloomed once and garden is ready for planting soon. Little Faith has really grown.

New Miniature Horse Filly

2011-03-18T07:30:15.875-07:00

Ginger had her baby, a filly, on March 16th. Roy is the father. Filly is colored just like Star was last year. We thought Star might color out a buckskin, but she has stayed a bay. Spring is here, we have been working getting the garden ready, spreading horse manure. We had tons and tons of rain and then very warm temps! Lilac bush is leafing, Florabunda has tiny leaves and Oaks are budding. The Easter Lillies are out and yellow. See all the green grass.

Spring is Almost Here

2011-02-25T13:33:43.7719108-07:00

Ah, can't wait. It's been a pretty cold winter with snow several times and quite a bit of wind. But now the grass is turning green and all of the Surprise Lillys are popping up, along with Easter Lillys and other bulbs. The Lilac Bush has tiny, tiny buds too. The Sandhill Cranes flew over one week early this year, on Feb 14-15. We still see them migrating north every day or so. Jersey Girl went and met her Beau, Wilbur, a very small Jersey bull owned by our good friends. She will have a Thanksgiving baby next year. She is the best milk cow ever. We are still milking her twice a day. This is a pic of Wilbur.

Fall Colors are Here

2010-10-23T06:32:25.5145748-07:00

It's been a dry second half of the summer, we need rain in this part of Kentucky. The fall colors are out now on the trees. It's getting chilly in the mornings, but then warms up good in the afternoons.