economic consumption : Guernseys are the quintessential family Milk River cow . They also work well in commercial dairy mise en scene . According to register research , 100 pct Guernsey milk contain 12 percent more protein , 30 percent more cream , 33 pct more vitamin D , 25 percent more vitamin A , and 15 percentage more calcium than the milk produced on the average commercial-grade dairy farm farm . Due to its high beta - carotene content , Guernsey Milk River is a robust , creamy jaundiced . Pure Guernsey Milk River was once widely market under the American Guernsey Association ’s Golden Guernsey stylemark ; it was specially popular during the 1950 ’s . Golden Guernsey milk is still produced in the United States , only on a far more limited ordered series .
story : Guernsey cattle share a plenteous and colorful history with the Jersey and Alderney breed , all of which evolved on islands located in the English Channel between England and France . together with they ’re roll in the hay as the Channel Island breeds ; although the Alderney oxen are now nonextant ( the last few Alderneys were eaten by German Army soldiers during World War II ) . The story of the golden Guernsey begins around 1000 A.D. when Robert I , Duke of Normandy , sent a group of Thelonious Sphere Monk to the Isle of Guernsey to train the natives and protect the state . They brought Bos taurus with them : fine Norman and Froment du Leon from Brittany . With this seminal fluid stock , over clock time , they developed the Guernsey , which was considered a freestanding breed as early on as 1700 . In 1789 , new implication were forestall to protect the integrity of the perfect island stock , a prohibition that still stands today . Early imports to the United States were misnamed Alderneys . On January 11 , 1817 , Richard Morris of Pennsylvania wrote : “ I have upon my farm on the Delaware a moo-cow of the Alderney breed … She has been fed in the common direction with white potato , and during the last week the milk from her was hold separate , and yielded eight pounds of butter . The cow is a small animal , and is supported with less food for thought than our ordinary strain . P.S. The moo-cow is three year erstwhile . ” Additional Guernseys soon accompany and in 1877 admirers take the American Guernsey Cattle Club . Many of the cattle recorded in the order ’s first herdbook were the inbred descendants of a single bull and moo-cow imported from the Isle of Guernsey in 1830 . C of additional Guernseys come to North America begin around 1865 and continue through the early 20th century . The Guernsey was once America ’s sweetheart dairy farm stock . Americans considered Guernseys such a audacious , productive breed that three Guernsey cows call Deerfoot , Emmadine and Klondike accompanied the Byrd expedition to Antarctica to provide Milk River for its intrepid adventurers .
Conformation : Guernseys are neat , intermediate - sized dairy cattle ; the average moo-cow weigh 1,100 Sudanese pound and bulls tip the shell around 1,700 pound . Unless they ’ve been de - horn ( and now most are ) Guernseys have small , light - colored , dark - tipped horn . They come up in one color : brown ( browse from grayish brown to gold red ) , nicely emphasise by livid spot or blank trimness . Guernseys have yellowish - Orange River skin .
Special Considerations / Notes : Guernsey moo-cow are noted for their docility and comfort of hand milking , peculiarly in a family cow put . In his Good Book Oxen ; a Teamster ’s Guide , Drew Conway rates Guernsey steers best bets for tiro herdsman ’ first squad due to their gentleness , intelligence , and ease of treatment . Guernseys conform to most climates and are especially noted for their heat tolerance . They are highly efficient grazers that require 20 to 30 pct less feed than larger cattle , while produce more Milk River per unit of body weight than any other stock , making them ideal for grass - based and organic Milk River production . Cows are observe for relief of calving and they produce well into their late teen .
