DM Arla

DM Arla

DM Arla

DM Arla

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We purchased DM Arla as a young heifer from the Habershaws' farm, Dance in the Morning

DM Arla

DM Arla

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DM Arla ADCA# 032763

Arla has matured into a beautiful cow.  She is very long and beefy but also gives a lot of creamy milk.

DM Arla

DM Arla

DM Arla

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Another beautiful heifer for 2018.  

Arla's Girls

Arla's Heifers with their calves

Arla's Heifers with their calves

Arla's Heifers with their calves

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 Chestnut is behind and Red Bud in front with their new babies.   

Shady Oaks Chestnut

Arla's Heifers with their calves

Arla's Heifers with their calves

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Arla                       Chestnut   
ADCA#032763     ADCA# 039923

Chestnut with Chinquapin

Arla's Heifers with their calves

Chestnut with Chinquapin

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Chestnut with first calf.  She has had her second now and has been hand and machine milked.  Never once has she offered to kick during milking.

Red Bud with first calf

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

Chestnut with Chinquapin

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 Red Bud is Arla's second calf.  She is a beautiful red with excellent conformation.  We have milked her just a little so she can get used to it.  This is her first calf and we are letting him have all the milk now.   

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

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Excellent udder and teat placement.

ADCA# 042156 

Red Bud as Heifer

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

Shady Oaks Red Bud ADCA#042156

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 Red Bud is super friendly and gentle. 

FF Joy ADCA# 029943

Joy after first calf

Joy after first calf

Joy after first calf

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Joy has been milked since her first freshening.  We used to put her in the back yard for a few hours without  her calf before we milked her.

Fifth freshening

Joy after first calf

Joy after first calf

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Here she is with the 5th calf.  

Lots of Creamy Milk

Joy after first calf

Lots of Creamy Milk

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Little black marks below the dates mark the cream lines.

Milk Time

Wonderful Cheese

Lots of Creamy Milk

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Joy is very easy to milk and lets her milk down without separating her from her calf.  Milks easily with small vacuum milk machine or by hand.

Wonderful Cheese

Wonderful Cheese

Wonderful Cheese

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Brie, 

This was as good as it looks!

More Cheese

Wonderful Cheese

Wonderful Cheese

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Forme de Ambert blue cheese.  This was absolutely delicious!

And lots more cheeses not pictured.