Little Bala – Posted in: Uncategorized
Is a confident young ox. Probably because he spent his first year with his mum
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Is a confident young ox. Probably because he spent his first year with his mum
Continue readingI am Bala, son of Tilly. I am the youngest of the herd and was born in a field. All of the other cows gathered round to stare at me and my mum was rather proud. I spent a lot of time in the fields with her, but eventually I made friends with the rest of the herd and went off to play with them. I am rather a cheeky chappie and very good at…
Continue readingOur Swedish Red/Holstein cow Tilly has just rather unexpectedly given birth to a beautiful little black calf, who we have called Bala – meaning great strength. We only found out that she was pregnant at around six months and the young bull still arrived a bit earlier than we expected. It took him a while to get the hang of drinking his mother’s milk and we had to show him how to go about it.…
Continue readingIn most dairies cows rarely get treats. Farmers believe giving them anything beyond a routine diet eats into profits and wastes vegetables that could be sold at market. So the team at Ahimsa are often regarded rather oddly when we attempt to please our cows with tasty titbits. It is true, sometimes we are a little indulgent as we clear Waitrose shelves of organic carrots grown by Prince Charles, but actually it gives us as…
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