Life isn't that hard.
Like many famers, cow-crap was a regular headache -and back
ache-for me.
The very reason I became a farmer was so I didn't have to get
up and go to work every day. And here I was shoveling cow crap
every day. Loads and loads of it. And I just had the one cow. But
that's...
Anyone live close to Joe? He's not checked in today
and it's getting dark. I'm almost worried.
Someone run over to Joes and untie him from the trees.
Just be careful one of his cows don't be falling on you.
Dark time, they be roosting now.
** One of those silly true memories....My wife...
I talked to Joe earlier, he gonna be late checking in today.
Cold at his place, cows aren't down outta the trees and Joe is
carting hay bales up the trees to feed this morning.
For those of you who have never tried, its hard to tie a hay bale
in a tree. And Joe being Joe...well, he's done...
Room temperature IQ.... I think most of us have that, no problem.
But it's cold up here. Room temp is pretty low right now.
(It's ok fellers....we'll be smarter in the summer)
Corks...Big corks be the answer. Before letting them out to roost, or fly...
cork them up. After flight, lead each cow over to the compost pile and
remove cork carefully.
What, no corks handy? Try tying a five gallon bucket under each tail.
Ever see a good pasture field, not but one scawy tree in the middle of it?
Yep, theres a reason. Whole field of trees, cows wouldn't ever come to the
barn. So the one tree was for emergencey use...like in case a cow hawk was
flying a little too close.
Its hard to milk a cow in a tree...my...
I've raised lots more cows than I've raised chickens,and I've done
learned a few things the average chicken farmer doesn't know...
There's an art to raising happy cows. Not to many people know what
I know about cattle-roosting. You've got to have good, solid trees.
Hardwood stuff, like oaks...