The Value of Grass/ Herding Cows Back into Their Pasture
Anna, our just turned eight year old, is a great cow herd. Here the cows had been grazing in our yard and it was time to get them back into their pasture. Wa…
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Mostly cows are like young children in that they not only thrive on routine
but will follow it fairly easily if they are patiently trained. They want
to go in the same order, take the same path to their hay, etc. The younger
heifer no longer nurses as mama does not tolerate it. Two year old heifer
sometimes nurses as her mama will tolerate it. The relationship between us
and our cows is reciprocal which is satisfying. We each feed and care for
the other in a variety of ways for the good of all.
pocketsofthefuture
April 18, 2014 at 4:21 pm
It’s interesting how you can train your cows to go right where they are
supposed to, to be milked. I guess that milk is heavy and they want it out?
I can imagine that makes it more pleasurable…knowing they want your help
in a way. Are the little cows still nursing?
Christal Carden
April 18, 2014 at 4:25 pm
you milk your cows? but cows don’t natually give milk…what do u do with
the baby cows?
CaptiveOrcas2
April 18, 2014 at 4:41 pm
We are raising 2 of the heifers now and we sold a calf back to the original
family we purchased our pregnant cow from.
pocketsofthefuture
April 18, 2014 at 5:31 pm