You can buy my ebook "Our Experience with House Cows" on Etsy, Lulu and Amazon, or email me on eight.acres.liz at gmail.com to arrange delivery.
What's the eBook about?
Have you ever thought about owning a house cow but don’t
know where to start? Do you dream of
unlimited raw milk, manure and beef to complement your small farm
activities? “Our experience with House
Cows” is an eBook written by a house cow owner to help other small farmers get
started with a cow of their own. The eBook
is written for Australian conditions, particularly sub-tropical Queensland, but
much of the information is applicable to cows and cow owners all over the
world. This eBook covers the basics of
getting a cow, getting her in calf, milking her and caring for her calf, all
using natural methods. The final
sections explain how to use all that milk to create delicious dairy products! The eBook references several other cow,
cattle and dairy books which are useful to the new cow owner and explain some
aspects in more detail. Go ahead, learn
how to realise your house cow dream today!
Reviews of "Our Experience with House Cows"
Gavin from Little Green Cheese (and The Greening of Gavin)
The eBook features 41 pages of information and gorgeous house cow photos.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. About us
1.2. About this book
1.3. Conversion of units
1.4. House cow terminology
2. Why own a house cow?
2.1. Raw milk
2.2. Manure
2.3. Meat
2.4. Lawn mowing
2.5. Companionship
3. Bringing home a house cow
3.1. Preparing for your cow
3.2. Choosing a house cow
3.3. Where to find a house cow
3.4. Transport and ownership issues
3.5. Getting to know each other
3.6. Cow safety
4. Milking
4.1. The milking procedure
4.2. Training your house cow
4.3. Using a milking machine
4.4. Hand-milking
4.5. Managing mastitis
4.6. Using the calf as a share milker
5. Calving
5.1. Getting your cow “into calf”
5.2. Pregnancy care and "drying off"
5.3. Birth of the calf
5.4. Colostrum
5.5. Cow mothering
6. Calf care
6.1. Bottle feeding a calf
6.2. Introducing a foster calf
6.3. Castration
6.4. Weaning
7. Pests, parasites, poisoning and preventing illness
7.1. General approach
7.2. Buffalo flies
7.3. Ticks
7.4. Intestinal Worms
7.5. Vaccinations
7.6. Poisoning
8. The home dairy
8.1. Using up the milk
8.2. Making yoghurt
8.3. Making kefir
8.4. Cream, butter and ice cream
8.5. Cheese without rennet
8.6. Cheese with rennet
9. A final word of advice
10. References
Appendix A: Milking bales design
Appendix B: Useful sources of dairy equipment
Appendix C: Cheese press designs
Appendix D: Sources of cheese making supplies and
information
