Tag Archives: dairy cows
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Nature and nurture – how many of our characteristics and behaviour are learned and how many are inherited? ?People often debate this particularly when it comes to adoption and fostering. With cattle, it’s a bit of a different story. We want them to inherit good genes ?from their dam and sire, that’s why there’s so much research and money put into EBI, breeding, AI and more. ?But do they inherit the characteristics of kindness, shyness, greed, selfishness and charm from [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Hot Cows
Not quite laughing cows this week! They have been finding it hot the last fortnight and have been back in milk by about half a gallon a day each as the grass quality just hasn’t been as good for the last week.
We took out quite a few paddocks last week (baled silage from the [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Another Laughing Cow
Wordless Wednesday – The Laughing Cow
Okay, not the clearest of photos but boy, it looks like she is splitting her sides laughing!
Ha, scared ya – kind of moment! ?Eeyore the Donkey comes to mind for some reason.