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It's not Just Joel Salatin anymore
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: Dan L wrote: "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Dan L." wrote in message Why I have my own chickens and a Jersey milk cow. Mmmmmm.. A Jersey. How much does she produce a day? Nothing yet, impregnated the cow last week. How was it for you? At least she wouldn't want to share your cigarette afterwards. No smoker here, however the vet was up to his armpit and cost me $80 Did you ever read the books or see the TV series "All creatures great and small"? It's about country vets in the UK and quite delighful. In it the chief vet declares (truthfully) "there is much good information to be had up a cow's arse". This was on prime-time TV about 30 years ago, I nearly fell off my chair laughing. She should produce more than I can drink. Will learn to make my own cheese products with the extra. The cheese making equipment is not cheap. I read, not done it yet, it takes 17 pounds of milk and one year to make one pound of parmesan cheese. Bessy plays like a dog, wants to be petted and runs and romps around. Sometimes I get a little nervous around her with her playfulness and hope I do not get hurt. I have the same worry when Mootilda bangs her face into the feed bucket I am holding. Cows seem very rough compared to horses. I am pretty sure she won't deliberately hurt me but the horns come close. David HORNS!!!!!! Bessy was dehorned from day one! The holes filled in within a week. The feed buckets are next to the summer shelter. She does not see me put feed in the bucket. If she sees me she runs at full speed to me. She has a two acre pasture to play in. I will create another two acre pasture by next spring next to it. Same feeling here, if I get hurt it was not intentional. I do not want her to be afraid when it comes time for milking. She has a good friend, a chocolate labrador that comes over and plays and romp together. Currently she is milking me for money like there is tomorrow. Which worries me a little. I call this the infrastructure cost that should last a long time. One major cost is concerning me. I would love to get a mini hay bailer, but they are extremely expensive. Right now my neighbor bails hay for me. Many people find it cost effective to pay a contractor to cut and bail hay instead of owning the machinery. David |
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It's not Just Joel Salatin anymore
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: Dan L wrote: "David Hare-Scott" wrote: Dan L wrote: "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Dan L." wrote in message Why I have my own chickens and a Jersey milk cow. Mmmmmm.. A Jersey. How much does she produce a day? Nothing yet, impregnated the cow last week. How was it for you? At least she wouldn't want to share your cigarette afterwards. No smoker here, however the vet was up to his armpit and cost me $80 Did you ever read the books or see the TV series "All creatures great and small"? It's about country vets in the UK and quite delighful. In it the chief vet declares (truthfully) "there is much good information to be had up a cow's arse". But do you think people would look? Oh no, too busy, too self-absorbed, too self-conscious to even take the tiniest little peek. Harumph. This was on prime-time TV about 30 years ago, I nearly fell off my chair laughing. She should produce more than I can drink. Will learn to make my own cheese products with the extra. The cheese making equipment is not cheap. I read, not done it yet, it takes 17 pounds of milk and one year to make one pound of parmesan cheese. Bessy plays like a dog, wants to be petted and runs and romps around. Sometimes I get a little nervous around her with her playfulness and hope I do not get hurt. I have the same worry when Mootilda bangs her face into the feed bucket I am holding. Cows seem very rough compared to horses. I am pretty sure she won't deliberately hurt me but the horns come close. David HORNS!!!!!! Bessy was dehorned from day one! The holes filled in within a week. The feed buckets are next to the summer shelter. She does not see me put feed in the bucket. If she sees me she runs at full speed to me. She has a two acre pasture to play in. I will create another two acre pasture by next spring next to it. Same feeling here, if I get hurt it was not intentional. I do not want her to be afraid when it comes time for milking. She has a good friend, a chocolate labrador that comes over and plays and romp together. Currently she is milking me for money like there is tomorrow. Which worries me a little. I call this the infrastructure cost that should last a long time. One major cost is concerning me. I would love to get a mini hay bailer, but they are extremely expensive. Right now my neighbor bails hay for me. Many people find it cost effective to pay a contractor to cut and bail hay instead of owning the machinery. David -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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It's not Just Joel Salatin anymore
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:
Dan L wrote: "David Hare-Scott" wrote: Dan L wrote: "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Dan L." wrote in message Why I have my own chickens and a Jersey milk cow. Mmmmmm.. A Jersey. How much does she produce a day? Nothing yet, impregnated the cow last week. How was it for you? At least she wouldn't want to share your cigarette afterwards. No smoker here, however the vet was up to his armpit and cost me $80 ) Did you ever read the books or see the TV series "All creatures great and small"? It's about country vets in the UK and quite delighful. In it the chief vet declares (truthfully) "there is much good information to be had up a cow's arse". This was on prime-time TV about 30 years ago, I nearly fell off my chair laughing. She should produce more than I can drink. Will learn to make my own cheese products with the extra. The cheese making equipment is not cheap. I read, not done it yet, it takes 17 pounds of milk and one year to make one pound of parmesan cheese. Bessy plays like a dog, wants to be petted and runs and romps around. Sometimes I get a little nervous around her with her playfulness and hope I do not get hurt. I have the same worry when Mootilda bangs her face into the feed bucket I am holding. Cows seem very rough compared to horses. I am pretty sure she won't deliberately hurt me but the horns come close. David HORNS!!!!!! Bessy was dehorned from day one! The holes filled in within a week. The feed buckets are next to the summer shelter. She does not see me put feed in the bucket. If she sees me she runs at full speed to me. She has a two acre pasture to play in. I will create another two acre pasture by next spring next to it. Same feeling here, if I get hurt it was not intentional. I do not want her to be afraid when it comes time for milking. She has a good friend, a chocolate labrador that comes over and plays and romp together. Currently she is milking me for money like there is tomorrow. Which worries me a little. I call this the infrastructure cost that should last a long time. One major cost is concerning me. I would love to get a mini hay bailer, but they are extremely expensive. Right now my neighbor bails hay for me. Many people find it cost effective to pay a contractor to cut and bail hay instead of owning the machinery. David That is me because cost. -- Enjoy Life... Dan L |
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