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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: VSS on December 06, 2011, 10:12:12 am

Title: Poor Specs
Post by: VSS on December 06, 2011, 10:12:12 am

Poor Specs, our Jersey x BB house cow has gone off to market as a cull this morning. Her udder is shot and she is barren.

She has served us well for nine years and we will miss her grumbling in the mornings.

Title: Re: Poor Specs
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 06, 2011, 11:02:52 am

I know how attached to our home milkers we get;  :bouquet: :bouquet: :bouquet:

Title: Re: Poor Specs
Post by: Rosemary on December 06, 2011, 11:25:05 am

Tesco milk now?

Title: Re: Poor Specs
Post by: VSS on December 06, 2011, 02:10:38 pm

No chance! Not yet anyway. Still two others in milk, although the Jersey cow is only being milked alternate days now. She is due to calve in early March and I am not sure the other cow will keep going that long.

Title: Re: Poor Specs
Post by: Miss Piggy on December 06, 2011, 10:55:59 pm

A sad day, some would say its only a cow but you can't care for them well and have no attachment.  :cow:

Title: Re: Poor Specs
Post by: TheCaptain on December 07, 2011, 02:34:15 pm

Quote from: Miss Piggy on December 06, 2011, 10:55:59 pm

A sad day, some would say its only a cow but you can't care for them well and have no attachment.  :cow:

Never a truer word spoken. We've got TB test coming up in two weeks time - I already feel sick at the prospect. VSS, thoughts are with you.