I am often asked how our cows came to be and how can others find cows like ours. I found my cows when I found my husband, a dairy farmer. As for the quality of cows and breeding future good cows, we follow his philosophy of moderation. You may not be able to find an …
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Halloumi Cheese
Halloumi, the Greek-style frying cheese, is actually the original cheese of Cyprus. I have made the cheese before, but not for many many years. As a refresher, I reviewed a lot of recipes but found this video on traditional methods to be the most informative on they whys and hows of making this peculiar cheese. …
Homemade Grain Recipe for Your Dairy Cow
Firstly, apologies for the weird email sent out earlier. The goblins of technology decided that the Classic Editor for WordPress was not good enough for their modern tastes and they fried my previous post, which you can view properly here: https://spiritedrose.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/blood-pregnancy-testing-how-to/ Now onto the current info, about grain: We try not to feed much grain, …
Milk House Updates
Over the last couple years, we've been upgrading our milk house facilities. We went from one plastic utility tub to this great stainless sink configuration, all pretty much second-hand equipment that we refurbished. Stainless steel sink - purchased for $75 off Craigslist, came with multiple faucets. Dad added legs and plumbing, dad and Jay attached …
My butter’s not Churning!
All summer, I enjoyed fast-churned butter using a Kitchen Aid mixer and frozen/thawed cream - my go-to method. We pulled our cows off pasture the end of September. Over the next few weeks, the butter changed from fast-churning of about 3-5 minutes to slow-churning of 20+ minutes. I've noticed that the most recent butter we …
2019 Heifer Contest – Win a Jersey heifer!
HEAR ONE! HEAR ALL!  We're doing it again! A contest! What do you win? In honor of June Dairy Month, and because we have been BLESSED with an abundance of heifer calves, we would like to celebrate farming and dairy farmers by offering up a registered Jersey heifer calf, Spirited Rose Virtuoso Ria, to the …
Cluck & Moo – Raise Your Own Dairy & Eggs – sign up for the class now!
Join us for an informative course about owning and caring for dairy cattle on your homestead and/or chickens in your backyard. All are welcome: hopeful farmers, beginners, and those more experienced. Please bring your questions! Instructors Jay and Michelle Lancaster have an extensive background in dairy farming, cheesemaking and homesteading. The topics to be covered …
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Finalists Chosen
Thank you to the judges who participated in choosing winners in each category & those who took the time to help us read through applications (my parents!). Thank you to everyone who participated by entering - we are honored you took the time to apply! The WINNING ENTRY has been chosen and they will receive …
WIN A HEIFER CALF! 2015 Contest!
HEAR ONE! HEAR ALL!  We're doing it again! A contest! What do you win? The WINNER of the contest will become the new owner of our most recent born calf, a heifer by the name of BIRDIE! Birdie at birth (above) Birdie today: All you have to do is complete two tasks:  1. …
Selenium Deficiency: Symptoms & Solutions
The ideal ending to calving is the expulsion of placenta within a few hours - naturally - from the body of the mother: Yet, perhaps you have had a cow (or cows) that did not "clean" within a few hours of calving? How about a newly born calf...or goat..or lamb...that cannot stand on their feet and may die within …
Spirited Rose Homestead Dairy Farm 