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maryjane	Posted - Feb 10 2015 : 2:31:51 PM SOLD to Texas. I am proud to offer for sale Tumbleweed Sally O’Mally (48.50 inches at the withers), currently pregnant with her third calf (sired by Sir Charles). She is the mother of my bull, Beau Vine. Sir Charles, https://www.heritagejersey.org/chatroom/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=155 Samson (foreground) and Sir Charles Tumbleweed Sally O’Mally is from Kansas, purchased by me on 8/20/2011 (born 4/7/2011, A2A2, naturally polled/hornless) and is in milk currently, giving me close to 2 gallons per day, once per day milking. Her due date is June 15, 2015. She’ll need to be dried up by April 15 and should be transported sooner rather than later in her pregnancy. She gives birth easily and quickly and without complications. She’s also easily bred, first try all three times. All the animals in my herd are tested annually at the WSU Veterinary Hospital for disease as well as annual diagnostic testing for parasites and essential trace minerals. Sally O’Mally tests negative for TB, Brucellosis, Q fever, Johne’s, BLV, and BVD. My bulls are trichomoniasis-free. She is Bang’s vaccinated. She is current on all her vaccinations and her hooves were trimmed late last fall. Paperwork available to verify all of the above. Sally O’Mally has a firm udder that can easily be milked by hand … although I prefer using an Ultimate EZ Milker on her because the orifices on her front two teats are small. Because she has a tendency to shift and lift her back feet, she’s used to having one of her rear legs strapped during milking. She’s never had any trace of mastitis and has never been ill. Sally O’Mally is an easily haltered and trained-to-lead, productive milk cow who is a great mother. $5,750 firm. Buyers will be screened (think of this more as an adoption). Sally O’Mally deserves a loving, long-term home where she can provide milk and calves every year for another dozen years plus. Below are photos of her last calf, Sir Anthony (Samson sired) Sir Anthony sire: Samson and her first calf, Beau Vine (Milky Way sired). Beau Vine sire: Milky Way Email me and we can set up a time to visit over the phone: cattle@maryjanesfarm.org Serious buyers only, please.
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NellieBelle	Posted - Jan 06 2016 : 11:47:56 AM Bilingual chihuahua. Amazing.
CloversMum	Posted - Jan 06 2016 : 09:00:49 AM Thanks, Cindy. I'll be looking forward to seeing a copy of your pastor's notes. I hung my friend's blessing with photo collage down in my barn. I love seeing it every time I walk in. It has photos of all my critters here.
txbikergirl	Posted - Jan 05 2016 : 6:13:01 PM thats hilarious! buts its so true, isn't it... "use your words" just like megan says. but you have to find a language you can both speak in. until i could communicate with my pugs they were interested, but not bonded. same thing i am finding out with sally. i hope she gets the book. adios amigas!
maryjane	Posted - Jan 05 2016 : 5:54:08 PM What an uncle and aunt!!!! And vegetarian/vegan. The cows were clearly pets. I would say you're channeling Uncle Myron big time. Seems like you should name some calves after them. I mean, what's not to love about Betty Jo? Here's a cute story that's been putting a smile on my face all day long not to mention Nick and I have been speaking Spanish in front of our girls and Jasper when we talk about them. I do magazine/blog giveaways. Right now I have several ongoing. One of them is my Milk Cow Kitchen book in which I asked readers to leave a comment that's pet related. One woman posted (straight-faced I'm sure) that she brought home a darling Chihuahua from the animal shelter but their relationship was a struggle until she found out the dog had come from a Hispanic-speaking only household. Her doggie is slowly learning English and is starting to understand her better and their relationship is greatly improved.
txbikergirl	Posted - Jan 05 2016 : 5:07:14 PM thanks for the encouraging words gals. and we now have two days of lover boy even easily getting the halter on sally while she was in the open pasture, he isn't having as close a bonding with her as i am but she is sweeter with him ... i am trying to get him to spend more time with her scratching and loving and such but he isn't into the total bonding that i am. that's ok, she's "my" cow ;> she has a good relationship with him and she trusts him as he mucks and feeds for her daily, so if that is all they both need together then i can take all the rest. mary jane, i don't know if i ever told you my uncle myron had cows. he was a ww2 vet, a medic on the front lines, and when he came home from the war and married my aunt betty jo he was a cabinet maker by trade and they had a little farm and he had his cows. and they were vegetarian, almost vegan, so his cows were merely for his enjoyment and he sold cows/calfs annually to others. he had this type of relationship with his cows, he LOVED those cows and his life was all about those cows. i can't tell you how many times a week i think of my uncle myron and aunt betty jo and attempt to channel them for their guidance on our farm. god i wish they were still alive, i loved them so much when they were here but didn't have the farm then... there are so many things i could use their good advice on, i'd love to hear their stories of when they started out. at least i have y'all here on hjo. charlene, i asked the pastor at christmas for a copy of his sermon notes and he said he would email them to me in the next week or so. cute comments on the cow narrative idea.
CloversMum	Posted - Jan 05 2016 : 09:29:39 AM Cindy, I'm thinking that a book about your experience with Sally might be in order! Maybe a short one with little daily snippets of detailed experiences, what you did and how did Sally respond. And vice versa, how you responded to what Sally did. A book with MaryJane? How you planned for your cow, training with MJ, ups and downs ... neighbors comments on your beautiful cows, the pastor's blessing on your cows (still want some notes on that!), etc. A great way to reach more people to do what MJ mentions above, "Changing how cows are regarded."
maryjane	Posted - Jan 05 2016 : 06:03:46 AM I'm anxious to know how Sally is in, say, a month from now, 'cause your relationship with Sally keeps getting better and more involved every day. Very inspirational and educational. The halter thing isn't a problem when a heifer gets training for that early on. To turn it around after the fact takes effort and as you're demonstrating, lots of love, care, and thought. Keep us updated. The details you're sharing are helpful and encouraging to all. We need to change how cows are regarded and you're doing just that.
txbikergirl	Posted - Jan 03 2016 : 3:56:08 PM ha ha ha mary jane! all day long i have been talking to you in my head about sally, and have been thinking about posting the past few days... the past 4-5 days has been tremendously moving. for a couple of days i kept holding my breath certain that sally must be sick or something to be so affectionate. but she poops, she pees, she eats, she hops, she milks... she's everything a healthy cow should be. but... she wants 10 minutes of total affection each morning now. and the going to her before elsa just pushed this bonding further. and 10 minutes post milking. and 10 minutes when we reach the pasture before i leave. and then a few more minutes before heading back to barn at night. i have even, in just 3 days, got her to let me take off and on her harness DAILY. she just stands there. remind nick what a chore it was to get that on her before. my one sadness i had about sally since i brought her here was that she was with the harness 24/7 except for maybe one day per week - because due to lack of fencing and her safety we have to walk her between barn and pasture each day, and she was not cooperative about putting the harness back on. i was able to quickly train elsa to wait for harness on/off so she literally only wears it twice a day for 5-10 minutes as we make the trip. well, now with the new found love sally is also willing to let me take the harness off/on twice daily - so she too now only wears it during the trip to/from barn/pasture. miss sally o'mally is now gentle and patient. a bit sassy at times, but the hard edge of independence is gone and she's an affectionate gal that loves to be around people. i keep waiting for the bubble to burst, but she's just really changed in the last 30 days and i just keep pushing the envelope and she keeps responding. its wonderful. and i am just so pleased we are bonding now, we still have four months before baby is due so the trust can continue to build. i know to still never put my back to them, as that just reinforces the habit for me so when their heat occurs, but she's just a pleasure to be around. this is what i knew having cows could be like. they are like big dogs in so many ways. MOO!
maryjane	Posted - Jan 03 2016 : 06:27:51 AM I could talk all day about my cows. Why just last night ...
CloversMum	Posted - Dec 31 2015 : 7:45:26 PM Well said, MaryJane and Cindy, and everyone else. These descriptions help tremendously for the rest of us.
txbikergirl	Posted - Dec 31 2015 : 6:52:28 PM keeley, yes it is the little things. as i have been monitoring the new "affectionate" stage we have entered i started to wonder if she was jealous about me visiting elsa first in the morning. before, sally was indifferent to me and just wanted to get to the milking parlor - so i spent a few minutes extra with elsa just hugging and petting her before fetching sally to the parlor. but lately i was met by sally after being with elsa and she was upset and shaking her head at me. so with the new affection i started stopping by sally first and spending a few extra minutes with her doing the same loving time, then on to elsa, and then back to pet sally and take her to the parlor. she has responded very well. she now comes right to me to be scratched each morning, knowing that she isn't being fetched to the parlor quite yet. and now, after leaving the parlor she stops outside in the corral and wants to be loved on for a few minutes. she won't budge otherwise. and then on our walk to the pasture she stops and we have a few more love sessions. i am trying to balance getting closer and being affectionate versus her being able to demand anything any time she wants.... but right now she isn't being difficult about any of it so i am just going with what feels right. she's a great cow. keeley thanks for sharing your experiences, it is just wonderful. and the vision mary jane paints of the snow frolicking cows is absolutely lovely.
maryjane	Posted - Dec 31 2015 : 6:03:08 PM Indeed it is the little things. Yesterday the girls (and Sweet William and Finnegan) were rascally cows. It was cold (8 degrees I think), when the sun burst through the morning fog so I got the idea to open up two of their pasture areas to see if they wanted to play (fields of deep snow right now). Oh my. The kids (Ester Lily and the two boys) headed down first, leaping into mid-air it seems. Eliza Belle was right behind them (and not at all graceful like the kids but she went for it, you know, dancing like no one was watching). Miss Daisy did her usual high-heeled, short-step rendition onto the dance floor and leaped as best she could (her recently milked udder was all over the place). Lacy Lou followed up the rear. Fanci stood inside her shelter and watched. By the time they were done running and leaping, they were panting like puppies. One by one as they came up after a half hour of play, I brushed each one as I continued to muck here and there, s-l-o-w-l-y. The day was too perfect to hurry onto something else. Eventually, I tossed a fresh straw bale over the rail so I could walk around and spread it out with a pitchfork in the area where they sleep. That's when Lacy Lou made her move. She pushed it, charged it, and leaped onto it. I got to wondering how long she'd play with it. Eventually she pushed it pretty far out into the field through the deep snow before she tired of it. Like my husband says, "I've never met a cow yet who didn't love a straw bale." Lovin' the new Sweet Sally putting her head on Cindy's shoulder. And Elli with her head tucked beneath Keeley's arm. It's the little things.
farmlife	Posted - Dec 29 2015 : 6:39:42 PM I think there is always some aspect of mystery when it comes to cows, Cindy. Do you think some of Sally's affection for people comes from not needing to be the head cow of the girls at MaryJane's farm anymore? She doesn't have to be the one in charge now, and maybe she can bond with people more as a result. Just a thought. I learned today that Elli is impacted more by things than I think she will be. We recently put an electric fence around a large portion of pasture to keep our other cows in more effectively. The area by the stanchion and surrounding pen isn't included in the electric area and since there isn't any pasture due to snow we've been leaving Elli in the pen so she can have access to shelter and no competition for food. For the past few months we have had an Angus bottle calf in the corner of Elli's pen. Today we let the calf out into the pasture to be with the other cows since she's completely weaned and eating hay and grain well. Remember that Elli has never nursed this calf and to the best of my knowledge never really paid attention to her once she got used to her being here. When the calf when out to the pasture, Elli called her back and acted quite concerned about her. Now she seems lonely. We also had to make some changes to Elli's infrastructure. Her metal water tank was icing over to the point we couldn't keep up with it, so we switched her water to the plastic one that she had been using as a hay feeder and added a heater. Then because of the new fencing the kelp/salt feeder that hung on the fence needed to be on the other side so she could reach it. I was literally tightening it down on the fence and Elli had her head under my arm checking it out. I think she was telling me that she appreciated getting it back. :) It's the little things.
txbikergirl	Posted - Dec 28 2015 : 1:24:49 PM thanks andrea! i can't tell you how much i learn on here every day.
Andrea0509	Posted - Dec 28 2015 : 07:05:37 AM Cindy, thanks for keeping us updated on your progress with Sally. It's so great that you've turned a corner with her. I learn such a great deal from reading experiences like yours! Sally sounds like such a sweet loving girl and you do a wonderful job with her in every aspect. I'm nowhere near that point with Percy but I'm hopeful that with lots of patience, and lots of dedication, we'll get there!
txbikergirl	Posted - Dec 27 2015 : 4:06:29 PM mary jane. i have been thinking about if she was any different in the milking parlor since you posed that question and i responded quickly. she is more patient, very patient. not one moo during the process. but i put that down to another change i recently made, so not sure which one caused it. i used to put her first food with minerals in a bowl, and then she finished that and i changed it out after i cleaned udder while the betadine teat dip dried... but this last week i started dumping that bowl of food straight into the box so she didn't have to complain to me about the bowl being empty and in the way ;> so just assumed the bowl was the difference but who knows. this afternoon amidst a huge rain storm my niece and i fetched the cows from the pasture while lover boy mucked. my niece was supposed to lead elsa and i sally, but elsa got afraid of the two of us in rain ponchos and ran off, so while i went after elsa little miss sally came right up to my niece so she just attached the lead and with thunder and lightening and drenching rain just led the calm sally back to the barn - sally doesn't act that way for just anyone. so sally has calmed, and my niece has the touch with her. sally is very giving with affection now, she waits for us to scratch her neck. i think she is learning to trust us, she is learning how to receive love and that it isn't a bad thing after all, and my niece has a calming presence that is just helping it along. so we'll see how it keeps progressing, as its truly amazing to have a relationship with something that can't just tell you what is going on with words. i don't have a clue what is going on other than it is positive and whatever we are doing is working ;>
maryjane	Posted - Dec 27 2015 : 04:58:53 AM It's deeply heartwarming, Cindy, to follow you and Sally on your journey into a loving relationship. It's these kinds of breakthrough moments we need more of. When I was first training Etta Jane to come into the milking parlor, she was doing okay but was still afraid and not letting down very well. The oxytocin thing. My daughter was here one morning so she asked if she could join us. It was very similar to your situation with your niece. I thought things would be as they'd been and Meg and I would get a chance to visit while I milked. I asked Meg if she'd stand up front by Etta Jane and give her some grain. Magic!!!! Etta Jane gushed milk. For the next week or so, Meg was recruited. From that day on, Etta Jane always gushed milk the minute I started milking her. She had a good udder and teats, she just needed to be okay with all of it. I've tried to reconstruct what happened but with limited success. I'm not clear why or how that particular formula worked. Was it the vibe between me and my daughter? You and your niece? Or merely the presence of innocence? Or the presence of someone who wasn't on task? I don't know. Any ideas, Cindy?
CloversMum	Posted - Dec 26 2015 : 08:37:30 AM A new phase for you and Sally, Cindy. Wonderful to hear and experience through your words. Thanks for the continued update!
txbikergirl	Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 6:07:06 PM thanks janet and ron and mary jane. its day three with the new and improved "sweet sally". i say that with a grin on my face, but seriously - the difference is night and day. yes she can still be impertinent and extremely direct, but she is so affectionate now. this morning she laid her head on my shoulder when i was facing her while i scratched her neck. she has never done that before, even for scratching up to now it has been more "you can touch my neck but not anything else", and this was on her terms... she stepped forward and voluntarily did that. so mary jane, she has been what i would consider exactly the same at milking, but in general she is sweeter and wants more affection. less head shaking to just demand things, more patience and just wanting love. i love the "use words" mary jane as that is what i am thinking to her, tell me what you want sally please tell me ... i know that when training my dogs there was a point at which the bonding all of a sudden moved ahead from a slow step to a fast train , and the bonding was almost immediate... after months of work ;> so the jouney is an interesting one that is so fascinating as well as heartwarming
Ron	Posted - Dec 25 2015 : 04:26:18 AM Way cool story! Just keep an eye out when She comes into heat....Harriet always gets too friendly. :)
maryjane	Posted - Dec 24 2015 : 8:17:06 PM I've tried several times today to find a minute to respond, Cindy, but really I think I need an hour. As I've gone about my busy-ness today, I've been thinking about you, your niece, lover boy, and of course Sally. And Elsa. And also Miss Daisy, Fanci, Eliza Belle, Ester Lily, Lacy Lou, Rose Etta, Nellie, Sienna, Clover, Betsy, Harriet, Elli, Miss Persimmon, Little Annie (Annabelle), AppleButter, Belinda, Rainey, Nickel, Jacey, and maybe Flossie (fingers crossed), Amore, Valentine … The people I know who are committed to really knowing cows say things like, “Of course cows cry. My so-and-so cried when … ” What I want to say is, not enough. They don’t express whatever tears are about very often, if at all. Is that because of us or them? I stood with mine today for quite awhile, hanging out, no agenda. I always have an agenda. “I’m here to muck," or “I’m here to milk,” or “I’m here to move you,” or “I’m here to train you, or “Here’s a little bit of love … gotta go now!” Some people want to fly to Mars. I want to know cows. The sad truth is I feel like I barely do. It feels as monumental to me as flying to Mars, given where I’m at now and where I want to be. I want more moments like you had Cindy. I want our cows to be so sure we love them that they trust us with their feelings, every day. I’m thinking I’m going to commit to thinking more along the lines of what it’s like for them, rather than what it’s like for me to care for them, milk them, worry about them. What would it be like to be Sally? What is she trying to say? When my grand girls were smaller and crying for no apparent reason, my daughter would say to them, “Use words. Tell me in words.” Teaching a toddler how to express their feelings in words rather than acting out their feelings is every parent’s challenge. How will we convince our cows to use a tool like words? I have no idea. How was Sally the next time you milked her?
CloversMum	Posted - Dec 24 2015 : 07:37:28 AM What an encouraging story ... Sounds like Sally was concerned she might not be staying with you! She has bonded with you and all of you extra attention this past month paid off in a big way. Not only does it speak well of Sally, but of you and lover boy, too. Well done, Cindy! I don't think you'll be able to keep calling yourself a "cow newbie" as you've shown some great cow insight.
txbikergirl	Posted - Dec 24 2015 : 05:11:41 AM wanted to share an update about Miss Sally O'Mally, especially for Mary Jane. We have really been working on affection with Sally, she is a bit of a sassy girl and not really warm and cuddly - wants to shake her head at you a lot to tell you what to do. no complaints here, we LOVE her directness - but its almost like she doesn't know how to give/receive much affection. so about a month ago, before she weaned Elsa, she started being more receptive to neck scratches. but it was still as if she didn't know how to communicate what she wanted - as the more we did that, at other times it would seem like she wanted more love but had started taking her head shaking to the level of now bumping us, whereas before she was always 1-2" away from us and never touching. she wasn't trying to be violent, but didn't realize the next step to love wasn't a bump to the human. then last week she started to stop outside the milking parlor on the way to the pasture and just let me scratch and love on her. not her usual "all business get me to the pasture", just stopping for some love. and she's been standing calm in her stanchion for me to scratch her neck and such, whereas before it was again all business shake your head and get me to the pasture. yesterday my niece was here. city girl. she has been desperate to milk, thinks she might want a farm some day. i swear she is a cow whisperer. we went down to feed the girls and then to get sally for milking, and sally did NO head shaking and came right up to me and then started crying as i scratched her. mary jane, it was like when i was at your place and sally got the idea that i was taking her from you and she cried. now yes, it could just be coincidence - but this cow has NOT had teary eyes since arriving here. and this was downright crying right then. streams of tears. so i scratched her all over, and then she moved to my niece and let her do the same - and sally does NOT take to strangers easily. i reassured her that she isn't going anywhere, and that cow was so affectionate all day yesterday it was amazing. and it took almost two hours to do the whole milking process with my niece doing it, and she was patient and never had an accident in the parlor. i felt as though we were really breaking through to her the last month, and patrick has even noticed it as well - but yesterday was really sweet. so lets hope this morning i don't go down there and she head butts me ;>
GingerBKelly	Posted - Sep 14 2015 : 09:01:50 AM Very nice story, indeed! Soon Miss Sally O'Mally will be headed home to her Texas summer kitchen in the pine trees new digs. Sounds like a very good adventure for Sally, Cindy and her hubby. I look forward to reading about more happy endings, or rather....happy beginnings.
farmlife	Posted - Feb 24 2015 : 04:56:28 AM Congratulations! I can't imagine how excited you are!