Owning a few chickens, how hard can it be?
Give em seed, leftover greens, fresh water, shelter, plenty room to do their thing, sit back, enjoy.
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Category: Hobby Farming
The Runaway Cow
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 in the trailer with fresh hay and water till the morning.
Seems obvious? Right?
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