texaskitty111 said:As they hard to milk? How long do they have milk? Can they be pregnant and still give milk? Do they get along with goats and horses? Online it said they were one of the more nervous of cows.
We never have a problem with milking jerseys but we've never milked any other kinds of cows so I don't know how they would compare to a Guernsey or something like that. They are much more docile than goats, for sure.
After they give birth to their calf, we start milking them right away. About 2 months later we breed them again and then 7 months after that we dry them up. So we milk for about 9 months, then 3 months of dry.
Plenty of people raise goats alongside cows. They don't compete much for food, and their parasites don't affect each other.
I've never noticed a cow to be particularly nervous. Our cows are always easy going. I once picked up a cow from a neighbor and she was the meaning jersey you've ever seen. She would have killed me if she could have gotten to me. We kept her for about 12 hours and off she went!
Sounds like you'd do well to get a good book on the subject of raising milk cows. We have this book and like it:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0963181440/
