Welcome to the old-fashioned on-purpose podcast.

So if you've been following me on Instagram lately, you know that we have some new babies, cow babies to be exact. Our brown Swiss mama cows all had their babies this week

which is one of my favorite times of year because there is nothing cuter than a brown Swiss calf.

But it also is a little bit stressful because I'm out in the barn a lot more checking.

Christian says I worry too much, he may be right.

I don't worry as much over the beef cows but the milk cows they're my thing they're my

they're my kindred spirits and I have to make sure everything is just right so anyway

we've been posting pictures and updates on social media, but I thought it would be fun to just kind of dive into the ins and outs of how we breed our milk cows and how we calve our milk cows because I get a lot of questions about this and for some of you who are new to this idea

I thought this could be interesting and informative so here we go. I'm your host Jill Winger and this is the podcast for the Trail Blazers, the

Mavericks, the makers, the homesteaders, the modern pioneers, and the backyard farmers.

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