Cows Just Have To Be A Part Of Your Life.
Ξ April 15th, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ The World Of Tom |
I really like cows. They’re so big yet so gentle. In all the time Ive had cows Ive never had a bad moment with them. They’re not aggressive at all and they are even tame enough so that my kids can pat them a little, though they don’t like being patted all that much, they tend to pull back when you pat them. Just pull back a little that’s all.
You won’t get to pat them a lot unless you’re feeding them their hay. They like their hay and when the grass is short and there isn’t too much because winter is coming and the grass isn’t growing. But I have a good supply of hay so that’s no problem.
Now that means of course that you’re stick with feeding your cows every single day. Once there’s no feed in the field then they need hay each day. So you cant just go away for a few days and leave them or they starve. So you’re committed to being at home and feeding the cows.
I feed them all by myself. I like my holidays though so when you go away you have to have something to do so that the cows are fed.
I have a number of different fields all fenced off. I have a total of 7 fenced off. And if I have lots of grass in some then I shut the gate to that one so the grass doesn’t get eaten and keep it there, then when I go away I’ve got a great field with lots of grass. I can open the gate and let the cows in there for a week or so and I’ve got my cows properly fed while I’m away.
And the cows aren’t silly at all, they know that there’s grass in there somewhere when they look through the gate so once I open the gate they’re right in there as fast as they can.
Then when I come back I put them out of that paddock and back into the one with no grass and I start feeding them the hay again.
I feed them immediately after my own breakfast. They know exactly when I feed them and when I come out to feed they’re sitting right in front of the shed with the hay in it waiting for their breakfast. I usually give them about 2 bales of hay. Sometimes when I feel generous I give them 3 bales.
I gave them 3 bales of hay this morning as it was cold and it helps. But it’s getting warmer soon and the grass is getting longer, it’s growing. And that’s good because my hay is getting short, I have a shed for hay and it’s pretty empty.
And my cows are always happy when the grass is getting longer. And the grass is getting longer now, so my cows are really happy. (more…)