We have been talking on ond off about getting just one or two calves to feed. I think Bevan rather likes having the babies around so the whole idea appealed to him, but he was not pushing it since he is not the one that does all the work.
Then the chance came to get six [...]
Daisy our future house cow is slowly getting quieter in preparation for the day when we will get some lovely creamy milk off her.
Last week she had her first ever visit from the AI man, and she was not at all impressed, but she was well behaved. If she holds then we can expect her [...]
We are about to embark on the newest phase of our food production chain.
That is the production of dairy products. This is not a road we were originally planning, but as time went on, it just seemed to be the next step.
With soaring food prices this year we could not help but wonder how well [...]
Rusty and Curly Sue were the first livestock we got here. They arrived as sick looking newly weaned calves and grew into healthy looking beasts. At 19 months it was time to call the homekill man and rehome one of them into the big white box.
So the day was set and in due cause the [...]