Name: Rescue 911
D.O.B.: Unknown
Origin: University of New Hampshire

Rescue joined Red Oak Hill Farm a few years ago and was ‘rescued’ from UNH because she milked too slow for their mass production. She’s a good cow and has the honored spot next to Sudden Impact in front of the fans which is a good spot to have in the hot summer months. She also has a place in our hearts because she survived a barn fire we had 2 years ago and a portion of her neck was burned quite badly. But as you can see she’s all healed and back to romping in the fields.

Last month Rescue stepped on one of her teats and pulled it plum off. She’s OK and this is actually a somewhat regular occurance on dairy farms. We had the vet come out to take a look and she’s healed up fine. You can imagine she milks even slower now but for all that this cow has been thru, she’ll be with us for the rest of her days.

Name: Cookie
D.O.B: 7/4/07
Origin: Daughter to Fluffy

This is Fluffy’s first calf and she’s very protective. Cookie is a bit bow legged and wobbly on her feet so it’s going to take a bit more attention and care to make sure she gets enough exercise to correct this small imperfection. She’s also shown herself to be an escape artist and likes to bust out and run around the barn.

This video was taken only a few hours after her birth. Her mother had already cleaned her off and she’s settling in well. Still trying to figure out the whole standing thing though…

Name: Gladys (aka Smokey)
D.O.B: 7/1/07
Origin: Daugher to Black Jersey, sister to Jersey. Because her mom is a Black Jersey (the result of a jersey/holstein breeding) and she was bred to a jersey bull, she came out a bit of a smokey gray-brown (thus the nickname).