Here we go again...no heifer today.
Because OH decided we need to spend some time on "Rushy Field" (the correct name for the cow field) so as to make it less rushy and better drained. Although it is over 4 acres, there is no grass and at this time of the year, that is pretty bad.
I agree that it it is in theory a good idea. The land will not sustain 3 cows over the next 3 months and moving to goats was something I had discussed with him before. He wasn't keen due to their reputation for being so wayward. However, he has thought of it himself so now we are moving in that direction for next spring! Hurray!
The downside is that Cloud, as an unproductive cow in her dotage, will have to go. At least, that is the plan. Meantime I am looking for alternatives, a rest home for cows perhaps, like they have for horses. Google has not come up with anything yet but my research has only just begun.
I did grab a soft hearted colleague of OH in a supermarket the other day and tried to convince him that an elderly cow would be a good pet and not get run over like his kitten had.
I may have some way to go on that line of persuasion.
Picture is of "Rushy Field" taken 2 years ago with one of Cloud's calves.
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