Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Kusanar]

Actually Finland has awesome dairy cattle.

Yeah, I figured they had cattle since his vet knew about them, just don't think a bovine that pretty much needs to be able to get up to her ears in mud and water every now and then would be very happy in Felixs frozen north... now, a musk oxen would probably love it

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
musk ox are native to the artic circle and the Americas and Greenland



and yah I am being obtuse....

 

[vehve]

<Shameless Finland promotion>

Yup, I don't think you'll find water buffalo here, except maybe in a zoo. Now dairy cows, those we've got in spades. Finland is, I think, the biggest per capita dairy consumer in the world. Milk, and coffee. Those we go through at quite a rate.

Personally, I'd say Finnish milk is of the highest quality possible, but I'm a bit biased. A lot of work has gone into perfecting milk production here though, A.I. Virtanen, a Finnish chemist working for the dairy consortium Valio, actually received a Nobel prize for his work with silage. The roots for the Finnish dairy industry were laid down in the early 20th century when Finland produced high quality butter, mostly for export to Britain.

In more modern times, I think a lot of the work with lactose free milk stems from Valio's research.

Then we have the traditional landrace cows, those aren't as high output as the cows of today's dairy farms, but they're adapted to the climate and available nutrition pretty well. Someone we know actually had three cows last summer, one Finnish landrace and two meat producers. The landrace was much smaller at first, but as they were kept outside all summer and mainly ate whatever was available to them, the landrace grew bigger than the meat cows that grow better on a specialized diet.

</end shameless Finland promotion>

But enough about that, I hope Mozza pulls through, Oz.

 

[minihorse927]

I'll keep praying mozza continues to fight.

 

[ozexpat]

I'll keep praying mozza continues to fight.

she does,

I am hoping for improvement in the next 24 hours though

I dont want her to suffer just to make us feel better.

 

[Wisher1000]

I get that, I really do. But there have been times when an animal was on the brink of death, treated at length, and went on to live happily much longer than the length of "suffering." When the quality of life will never be good, the decision to end a life is not too hard. I struggle when there is a chance of full recovery on a young animal...... I have a rooster, Hershel, that got a string wrapped tightly around his leg and I didn't catch it until nerve damage was already done. I felt bad about it and let him live. He now has a curled foot, and an awkward gait, but he has not developed any sores on his foot (I check it often and he is quite tame because of it) and eats to the point of being chunky. He seems happy and will have a home with me as long as that is the case. I am not usually that sentimental over my birds, but every now and again, I succumb to my emotions.
What can I say?

I'm a girl........

 

[ozexpat]

I get that, I really do. But there have been times when an animal was on the brink of death, treated at length, and went on to live happily much longer than the length of "suffering." When the quality of life will never be good, the decision to end a life is not too hard. I struggle when there is a chance of full recovery on a young animal...... I have a rooster, Hershel, that got a string wrapped tightly around his leg and I didn't catch it until nerve damage was already done. I felt bad about it and let him live. He now has a curled foot, and an awkward gait, but he has not developed any sores on his foot (I check it often and he is quite tame because of it) and eats to the point of being chunky. He seems happy and will have a home with me as long as that is the case. I am not usually that sentimental over my birds, but every now and again, I succumb to my emotions.
What can I say?

I'm a girl........

There is a lot of emotion with mozza. Trust me.

If there is hope we will continue.


We will have to wait for dawn for the next report.


it wont be long

 

[FridayYet]

 

[XxMingirlxX]

How is she responding to the antibiotics?

Hope she gets better!

 

[scottcaddy]

I get that, I really do. But there have been times when an animal was on the brink of death, treated at length, and went on to live happily much longer than the length of "suffering." When the quality of life will never be good, the decision to end a life is not too hard. I struggle when there is a chance of full recovery on a young animal...... I have a rooster, Hershel, that got a string wrapped tightly around his leg and I didn't catch it until nerve damage was already done. I felt bad about it and let him live. He now has a curled foot, and an awkward gait, but he has not developed any sores on his foot (I check it often and he is quite tame because of it) and eats to the point of being chunky. He seems happy and will have a home with me as long as that is the case. I am not usually that sentimental over my birds, but every now and again, I succumb to my emotions.
What can I say?

I'm a girl........

No, My Dear Wisher, You are a caring person!

I also feel the same way!
Scott