The cows settled in nicely. We had to hand milk for a little over a week until the milking machine arrived. It took two hours to milk by hand. With the machine, the time was cut in half. I'm sure the cows are relieved.

The cows are from an organic dairy in Emmett, Idaho which is pasture based and feeds no grain. Maggie and Ina are Brown Swiss/Holstein crosses and Springs Belle and Frosty are Holsteins. They all test high for butterfat. They will be perfect cows to get started with.

With only four cows, these simple facilites worked fine. We were soon supprised at the growth that would over take us.