Milkyway is a second generation cow in our herd. Her mother, Starlit, came to our herd in 2004. Milkyway has a unique bloodline that makes her very valuable on our farm. Her great grandmother was a cow called Aron-P who was a record breaking producer of milk and national champion show cow. Aron's lifetime production record was over 300,000 pounds - 100,000 pounds is considered an average lifetime production for the dairy industry. (A gallon of milk usually weighs ~8 pounds, so she milked over 37,500 gallons in her lifetime!) Milkyway has lived up to this family history and is a top milk producer in our herd, while we still have several years to find out what her lifetime average will be, we enjoy milking her every day.
Milkyway just turned six years old on May 7th and has a heifer and a bull in our herd. Her daughter, Galaxy, was born in 2011 and we look forward to adding her to the milking parlor sometime next year. Her son, Mars, is currently a sire in the herd. We have high expectations for his daughters and Milkyway's grand-babies for generations to come!
When trying to design our label we took some glamor shots of several cows and Milkyway was the winner! She has a beautiful, very Jersey face and we felt like she perfectly represented our herd. She is now the "Poster Cow" for Brickhouse Cheese!
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