Guest guest Posted December 1, 1999 Report Share Posted December 1, 1999 At Bhaktivedanta Manor we are currently milking 7 cows. All at different stages of lactation.One cow which we have reimpregnated and will calf in 2 months has just been dried off (last day today).We were milking her, her calf, her calf's calf and her calfs calf has impregnated two cows. A total milking time of up to 6 years. Before we started drying her off she was giving 3.5-4 litres of milk each day. She is a friesan. We recently lost an old 18yr old cow who had milked for 6 years. On her lasst milking year she was giving 3 litres per day. She was a friesan. Another cow (a shorthorn) is still milking after 4 years. She is giving 4 litres per day. We had a cow that milked for 8 years (she never even had a calf although was impregnated) giving 5 litres per day in her last year. She was a friesan. My limited experience has definately shown that the vast majority of cows can give milk for 4 years quite easily. We do however have a cow (half belgian blue) that started giving a small yield and dried off herself within 3 years. ys syamasundara dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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