A few weeks ago when I wrote the post “Heifers“, I thought it would be good to have a “Word of the week”. My job isn’t a very common one to be blogged about, so a lot of people who do read my blog, have no idea what I’m talking about. So here it is; [...]
Fucking heifers. Do you know what a heifer is? It’s a young cow which hasn’t calved, or is in her first year of calving1, Better explained here she’s not used to the shed, she’s not used to people touching her, and she certainly isn’t used to milking cups being put on her teats. Fucking heifers. Every year, [...]
Well here I am, one year since I started dairy farming and I’m not regretting it! In saying that, this is a new farm, more cows but more workers! Bonus? I’ve been told the guys help the girls out, but I’m not sure how I feel about this! I was out the other night at [...]