City people who want to live in the country and get rich off of raising vegan beef?
Or actual cow people?
Love having my neighbors few steers next door. Downside is the fliesā¦and the mooing every morning when I spread hay for my horses - they want some too! And that is LOUD lol!
Best part is watching cows romp and play. Sad part is when they leave for good.
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The barn where I board has a neighbor who now has some beef cattle. This started about a year or so ago. There has been a definite increase in flies on our property. Our barn staff picks our pastures daily and stalls a couple times/day. That cattle land was orchard for a long time, no animals, therefore no poop. So we had close to zero flies.
Now we have some flies - noticeable to us, not horrible, just occasionally annoying.
Vegans in this county could be measured on one hand. Husband and went for another look yesterday, pretty cool to see the little ones frolicking. Thanks everyone for your thoughts.
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I couldnāt get over how playful the calves are!! And how liberal the moms are!! You look out and see a pod of 6-7 calves with NO mammas in sight!! My mares would not allow such freedom!! Then the bull calves start playing pretty rough with each other!! I like the ones with face markingsā¦otherwise you canāt tell one black one from another!! No vegan, but I hate to think they only have one purpose in life!!
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If you look closely, thereās a baby sitter cow somewhere near that bunch of calves. Thatās how it was with our cows. The moms would leave the calves with one or two baby sitters while they grazed in peace.
We have both horses and black Angus on our property - my dad raises the cattle for beef, and I keep my horses at their house. The horses share a fenceline, and a water tub, with the heifer calves over the winter. Everyone is fine.
Not a problem. My family farm was next to my uncleās Angus farm. No issues whatsoever.
i did learn not to ride my pony in the field during breeding season (usually it was fine). His normally docile bull chased us over a Man from Snowy River type hill, bareback at the gallop. Most of the time I couldnāt even tell which one was the bull if he wasnāt standing right next to a cow (he was big). Bull parts donāt look that much different from nursing mama udders from a distance.
i used my pony a time or two to herd loose cattle back home. The horses ignored the cattle esp after theyād been there a while.
Thank you everyone. We are preparing an offer. Fingers crossed.
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I have an 80+ acre farm and have 3 horses on the property (2 are mine and keep 1 for a friend) and we raise Herefords on the farm as well. Not really an issue, but we are farmers so I donāt think much of it.
Keep watching the calves, maybe youāll get lucky and a red one will be born!
