Michaela Stone

@ Patrick. Thank you for the references! I'd seen most of those, but actually had not even thought about looking for videos specifically about milking mini Jerseys before.

@ Kelly. I do plan to call/email the breeder who claims the 2-2.5 gallon a day, and ask a few questions, I'll let you know what I find out. And, yes, I'd always understood that weight/size contributes directly to how much milk is produced, which is honestly why I was a bit skeptical.

@ Hunter. And yes, I do get that they are just very small Jerseys, but since they have their own breed registry and own bloodlines, separate from the normal breed, I've just been calling them a separate breed.

So, my family an I have been looking at Jerseys for a little while, and I then stumbled across miniature Jerseys. Does anyone have experience with them? I found a breeder who raises them on all grass/hay, so I know that it's possible, but I don't know if I can believe the 2-2.5 gallons of milk per day, even if you aren't sharing with a calf. Since they take up less space, we thought it would be perfect instead of a larger breed (12 acres here, and a lot is taken up by horse pasture) we wouldn't be using them for beef, so the more dainty cattle is really okay, I'm really just wondering if anyone has experience with their milk output.

Thanks in advance!

I am extremely happy with the amount of water I have here in NC. My property happens to have two ponds, one large, and one smaller, usually a breeding ground for frogs, lovely rainfall, and three springs, that I know of, one of which was broadened into a third pond. All of this is great, except, we have therapy horses on our property. 22 of them. Their paddocks take up the majority of our land. Mud is so bad for their feet. With thrush and cracking and a whole host of things that go wrong with excess amounts of mud, we're having a problem.

Our property never dries out! It is wet all the time. There is constant mud, pretty much everywhere, except for maybe two months out of the year. It's on our pathways, in our paddocks, in our barns, everywhere. Does anyone have tips for drying it out in a helpful way? Maybe some trees nontoxic to horses/cows/goats, but that need a lot of water and will soak it up? Or, maybe contact information for someone in NC who will cap a spring? Or possibly a way to redirect the water and use it for growing foods? Any advice would be helpful!