Our Experience with House Cows

People often assume that using a milking machine would be more work that milking by hand because of the time to clean the machine.  Actually...

When we first started with cattle I found the rules and regulations for buying, selling and moving cattle to be very confusing.  Here are a ...

Dairy cows are naturally skinnier than beef cows . They are bred to produce milk, not meat! But it can be tricky to know whether your cow ...

Recently our little steer Monty was unwell.  He had the classic symptoms that we have learnt to recognise as "three-day sickness" ...

If you decide that you want to use a milking machine with your house cow you are going to need to choose between a few different options. U...

If you are interested in raw milk in Australia, please see the post on my other blog: Even if you are not personally interested in buying ...

In part 1 of the story of our house cows I explained how I didn't really want a house cow at first, but after meeting our lovely Bella...