Caring for humans and creatures, writing about it all
Barry our first cow dad was delivered from up north. We arrived home, a young bloke was on our nature strip, beside him on a lead, cute teenage Baz calmly nibbling the grass.
Watched with bated breath as he sauntered into the paddock, sniffed his new mate Sally then made a beeline for the expensive bale of lucerne in the corner, no fence jumping or running off this time, we were learning.
But this compliant beginning didn’t last.
Continue reading “The First Calf”A young couple, Nurse/Midwife and Marine Ecologist, leave cold, rainy Scotland for the sunny climes of sub-tropical Queensland, Australia. He likes adventure, change, excitement, she, calm, order, peace and quiet.
Their bond, an overdeveloped care factor for all living things.
One small block of land and many animals later, how does it all work out? What could possibly go wrong?
Continue reading “Emigrating to Oz”
Acreage and animal ownership brings joy and pain in equal measure, responsibility and hard work, you have to be up for it all. We’ve learnt on the job, made a few mistakes along the way.
Our first ever cow (Sally) arrived in a hired trailer. It was dusk. Rob drove in , shut the gate, then peered at her wondering what to do next?
Hindsight and many cows later, we should have left her exactly where she was, in the trailer with fresh hay and water till the morning. Obvious? Right?
Continue reading “Chapter 9. The Runaway Cow”