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Do you remember Jersey Canada's fun youth photo contest last spring, when Anna's amazing picture of Daisy placed third out of fifty entries?
For this year's contest, youth between the ages of 9 and 21 were again asked to submit their favourite Jersey photos, and my sister Anna submitted this picture she took of our youngest sister Rhoda with BIRDSONG PRINCESS GRACE. 
All of the entries were posted on the Jersey Canada Facebook page on Friday, and the winning photographs will be chosen by the number of 'likes' they receive. The contest ends on June 8th, and prizes will be awarded to the top three photos.
So please, click on this link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152398068157618.1073741837.46252262617& and vote for Anna's picture by 'liking' it, and please ask your friends to vote too! June 8, 2014 Anna's photo of Grace and Rhoda placed 7th out of twenty three entries. Thank you to everyone who voted! 
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 If you raise registered dairy cattle or want to research your new family cow, you should check out the Canadian Dairy Network. This amazing website is where you can search for the registrations and records of eight breeds of dairy cattle: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Canadienne, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, and Norwegian Red. In this blog post, I'm going to guide you as you learn about searching for records, with my registered Jerseys as the models.
The New Baby Calf
by Edith Newlin Chase
Buttercup the cow had a new baby calf, a fine baby calf, a strong baby calf. Not strong like his mother but strong for a calf, for this baby calf was so new.
Birdsong Blossom's Daisy, born August 23, 2007
Buttercup licked him with her strong warm tongue. Buttercup washed him with her strong warm tongue. Buttercup brushed hims with her strong warm tongue. And the new baby calf liked that!
Birdsong Princess Sonja, born March 14, 2010
The new baby calf took a very little walk, a teeny little walk, a tiny little walk. His skinny legs wobbled when he took that little walk, and the new baby calf fell down.
Birdsong Autumn Aster, born September 5, 2009
Buttercup told him with a soft, low "Moo-oo!" that he was doing well for one so very new. She talked very gently, as mother cows do. And the new baby calf liked that!
Birdsong Princess Grace, born May 3, 2013
The new baby calf took another little walk, a little longer walk, a little stronger walk. He walked around his mother and he found a place to drink. And the new baby calf liked that!
Birdsong Princess Diana, born November 17, 2012
Buttercup told him with another low "Moo-oo!" that drinking milk from mother was a fine thing to do. She had enough for him, and for the farmer too. And the new baby calf liked that!
Birdsong Shirley Rose, born September 24, 2012
The new baby calf drank from mother every day. His legs grew strong so he could run and kick and play. He began to eat grass, and lots of grain and hay. And the big baby calf grew fat!
Birdsong Copper Penny, born October 17, 2012
The first six calves illustrating this poem--Daisy, Aster, Princess Sonja, Shirley Rose, Diana, and Grace--were all bred by and born on Birdsong Farm. The seventh calf, Penny, was bred by Birdsong Farm, but was born to Blossom's new owners, Wallace & Josephine Gosset.
It's time to vote, but I'm not referring to the British Columbia provincial election on May 14th. Instead, I'm asking you to vote in the Jersey Canada photo contest.
For this contest, youth between the ages of 9 and 21 were asked to submit their favourite Jersey photos, and my sister Anna submitted this picture she took of BIRDSONG BLOSSOM'S DAISY. 
All of the entries were posted on the Jersey Canada Facebook page today, and the winning photographs will be chosen by the number of 'likes' they receive. The contest ends on May 31st, and prizes will be awarded to the top three photos.
So please, click on this link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151580952552618.1073741826.46252262617& and vote for Anna's picture by 'liking' it, and please ask your friends to vote too! June 3, 2013 Anna's photo of Daisy placed third out of fifty entries. Thank you to everyone who voted! June 6, 2013 Jersey Canada has announced that Anna's photo of Daisy graces the front cover of the June 2013/July 2013 issue of the Canadian Jersey Breeder!
What is better than bread and butter? Freshly churned butter and freshly baked bread!
A friend recently sent me a cream separator as a gift, and my family and I had fun with it on the weekend. We started separating milk Friday evening, and by Monday morning there were three and a half gallons of fresh Jersey cream in the refrigerator - not counting what we had 'stolen' for our coffee on Sunday morning.
While my sister Anna and I were doing chores yesterday evening, I mentioned to her that I wanted to make a big batch of butter on Tuesday. "If you make butter," she said, "I'll make bread." We both thought that this was a great idea, and shook hands on it for fun (and to make it official). Before I started milking this morning, I washed the butter churn and then poured three and a half gallons of beautiful, delicious Jersey cream in it to warm up. I find that the butter churns faster if the cream is close to room temperature before I start, and five hours later I decided that the cream was warm enough and started the churn. I really like having an electric butter churn, as it is so quiet and I can work on other things while the butter is churning, which is fantastic because the butter was finally ready to rinse two hours later. This churn makes the best textured butter I've ever had, too. I had fun rinsing the fresh butter, and then froze 30 half cup butter balls for baking. I figured that was enough to last our family for a week or two (or even three). I put the rest of the butter in a casserole dish in the fridge for eating fresh. 
While I was busy making the butter, my sister Anna started on the bread, as per her end of our agreement. I enjoyed watching her mix the ingredients together, and the smell of baking bread was tantalizing. As for the family: they've given Anna and myself orders to make fresh bread and butter more frequently.
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