Dairy Cattle saboranch on 10 Nov 2008 02:16 am
Watching a New Calf Nurse
Our baby dairy calves live with their mothers for at least three months (longer if they will be replacement females in our grassfed Jersey dairy herd). This gives them the benefit of learning proper herd behavior, which plants are best to eat, and provides each calf with the crucial nutrients for lifelong good health.
We host many different visitors at our ranch, year round. Here, Kiril, Zach, and Keats learn the particulars about where milk originates.
Photo: Harriette McPherson