The Cows Move Out On Grass In April

The girls were still getting hay when I took these pictures; the grass is just starting to green up. You don't want to turn cows used to dry hay out onto lush fields suddenly - you have to gradually introduce them to avoid digestive upset - what farmers bluntly call the "Jersey squirts."

You can see that Bonnie has gotten pretty thin raising three calves with no grain. I was going to let her keep making milk until summer, but Dad convinced me to wean them. She has since put on a fair amount of weight.