Our New Cow

We have been milking a new cow since December. Her name is Sister, or Sistah, as the kids say. She's a Jersey cow and has been fun and challenging at the same time. Braden has a love/hate relationship with her. One day he loves her and the next day he hates her. When he wants her to give a lot of milk, he talks sweet to her and loves her up. When he doesn't care, he just drags her into the barn to milk her. Personally, I can't tell a difference in the quantity of milk she gives but he thinks it makes a difference. She doesn't stand perfectly still when we milk. She always seems to need to step around and sometimes she puts her foot in the bucket. Hence, the hate part of the relationship. We are feeding four calves from her, feeding ourselves and a few of the neighbors with the milk we get from her. She's giving about 5.5 gallons of milk per day pretty consistently. In July, our other cow, Daisy will have her calf. She's a Holstein and should give a bunch more milk. I'm anticipating about 7 gallons per day-maybe more. We'll have to get more calves or probably sell one of the cows. We don't have time to milk two cows.