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Cattle / Re: Shetland cow
« Last post by Backinwellies on Today at 02:25:45 pm »The biggest problem with cows is that you will never have just 2 if you are keeping for milk/meat.
Cattle take 2 years min to grow to meat (nearer 3 is normal) and to get milk you need a calf a year .... so min you would have is 2 cows, two calves every year (or cows get too fat!,) plus the growing yearlings so min 6 and more likely 7/8 ... and that needs 8 acres without any other livestock.
Cattle take 2 years min to grow to meat (nearer 3 is normal) and to get milk you need a calf a year .... so min you would have is 2 cows, two calves every year (or cows get too fat!,) plus the growing yearlings so min 6 and more likely 7/8 ... and that needs 8 acres without any other livestock.