When It Rains, It Pours! (With Farm Animals)

If you've been following my blog at all over the past little while Ive been recording my experience hatching and raising chickens. That was a dream I had for many years. Another dream I have is to raise bees, ducks, rabbits, sheep, pigs, goats and most importantly cows. Well, I had a message from my neighbour the other day (the famous ones Im always quoting), saying "give me a call back, its not very important." Well I called them the next morning and the first thing they asked me was if I wanted a Jersey cow! They went on to tell me that another neighbour had told them about a Jersey for sale a couple towns away, for just $350, a female, six months old. I said "well of course I want it, but I couldn't keep her here!" Then they said that I could board it there - they had room. So I got the number, thought about it for a split second and called the cows owner. And as things sometimes progress at lightening speed, we set up a time to meet the next day, leaving a lot of loose ends for me to tie up for this to work. First thing I called my neighbours and confirmed they were ok with me boarding the lady - they said yes. Then I dared ask if one of them wanted to come look at her - they said yes. Then I called my mother in law to see if I could borrow the livestock trailer - she said yes. THEN I asked my husband - and he said do what you think. So I rounded his answer up to a yes and made up my mind to learn to drive the truck with the trailer. Driving forward was no problem, watch the bumps and everything was dandy. Driving backwards, well that was hard learning - especially at 10:30 at night. I got the basics and memorized that wherever you feel inclined to turn, do the opposite. So this AM me and my neighbour set off with the trailer, made good time and arrived to the farm. She was a lovely cow, friendly, nosy, clean, visibly disease free. We made a deal, I gave her the cash and we headed home with my new piece of meat - haha. I forgot to mention the three times I had to back up - theyre not much worth mentioning. The way I back up is slow, talking to myself and a series of over- and under-compensating. But the job got done. When we arrived "home" I hopped into the trailer put the halter on her (although she hadn't been halter broke the lady sent me a halter). She was fairly agreeable in the barnyard, probably because she was distracted by the other cows across the fence. But when we got to the barn door she got scared I guess and started prancing about, I had a hard time hanging on to her, and staying upright in the foot deep mud! After a very ungraceful brawl about the yard, I managed to drag her to the barn door and shove her in. From there my neighbours dragged/coerced her into her new pen. Once she was in she was happy as anything. A lot of cows have trouble being trailered, they get nervous and have diarrhea. This little lady was pooping hard little pies within the hour (which is a good thing). She was drinking water and eating hay just fine. SO first day of being a cow owner went well! I am so excited and glad and thankful! I will have more chores to do but Im ready. My chickens will tie me down this summer, so why not a cow too?! The little lady has a name; Holly  but Ive added a middle name - Rosa. Holly-Rosa. Shes an uncommon dark Jersey, but will lighten up at around a year old. Below is the best picture of her that I could get, since she was moving around lots and looking for someones hand (and camera string) to suck on.

Note on words used:
-I refered to the cow as lady
-Jersey cows are dairy cows, in two years she can be bred and after she has her calf, she will produce milk for 6-8 months