Carrie 

Carrie is a 2-year-old purebred jersey heifer that is tested and confirmed A1A2. She just freshened on November 21st, 2023 @ 11 am with a 65-pound Black Heifer Calf. She calved completely unassisted and claimed her calf. I let the calf stay with her for 2 consecutive hours and then pulled the calf and began milking her.
Carrie is halter broke, broke to lead, stands tied, milk machine broke, hand milk broke, and will stand to be milked without a stanchion or being tied. Her current routine consists of milking at 7:30 am and 5:30 pm. Her feed regimen is a brome bale available at all times, a flake of alfalfa offered after milking in the evenings, and a mixed dairy ration coming to 22% protein that she eats while she milks. It takes around 10-12 minutes to completely milk her using a machine that includes the entire process of letting her out, pre-dip, and post-dip and to milk her out. I let her eat for 5 minutes longer after she is milked out while I pour milk into bottles or jars and brush her. 
Carrie is more of a timid cow. She has been doing amazing for her first freshening especially only being handled since she calved (15 days fresh so 30 milkings total). When I go to catch her, I do not walk at her head I start on her side and run my hand up to her halter and catch her. She won’t run away but can be spooky on the ground. A quiet and calm demeanor is how you must act around her. When I walk into the pen to walk around the cows and check the bred cows, she will be right by my side the whole time. When I am milking her, I usually have music going on my phone in my pocket or I talk to her just so she knows where I am and what I am doing. She likes to have the ability to move her head (so I do not tie her) so she can have me in her eyesight while I am milking. I would like to see her go to someone who does their milking either by themselves or with less chaos going on during this. The only reason I say this is because our personal cows I leave the milking machine on and usually go and do something else or I am doing something in the garage that can be loud and scary if a cow isn’t used to it. She is way better than in the beginning and she will ease with more time and exposure as she gets into a routine. She has been exposed to dogs, sheep, chickens, and tractors passing her while milking and never moved her body just her head to look. Carrie does NOT require a stanchion, tying, or a kick bar. She stands quietly while milking and, in the video, you can see she is extremely patient even when I couldn’t get a new claw on our machine to navigate the way I wanted to (they can be stiff at first!). She does better with people who are with her daily and doing the milking. I can easily walk into the pen to catch her, but my mom struggled with it for a few days and now we both can catch her easily since we do chores together. She will be a cow that may take a bit to warm up to you but once that connection is made, she is worth her weight in GOLD! Will be a cow that is going to produce for a family for 10+ years. 
Carrie is currently producing 2 gallons in the morning and 1.5 gallons in the evening a total of 3.5 gallons of milk a day. This has continuously increased slowly each day as her milk is still coming in. I do see her finishing out in the 4+ gallon range in this first lactation. Carrie also has a clean CMT testing for mastitis.
I think she would have the potential to also be a nurse cow possibly if you wanted to go that way and raise 3 calves at a time. She also has a perfect confirmation for hand milking! She is also a cow that is going to be an easy keeper and keep her weight!
 She is a great cow and will have a great future ahead of her as a family milk cow! Located in Lindsborg Kansas at JEM Farms. Call or text Emma at 785-294-1702