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livelife
Farmgirl in Training
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Penny
Michigan
USA
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 Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 2:48:27 PM
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I just can't shake this naggin feeling. You would think at my age it would be for grandkids but its not. I want, long, no.. pine for a cow!!!
Hubby just doesn't get it. I know on five acres I can't have one... but ohhh man I got it bad. I look at "chocolate" in the magazine and my heart starts to ache. Any remedies????
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 3:00:08 PM
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Okay. I KNOW you can have a cow on 5 acres. I have one on much much much less land. I don't have pasture and have to provide hay and extras all year..but it is WAY worth it. I know that "pining for a cow" feeling. Go for it girl. I had to really do some talking to convince my husband too, but he is happy now with Mona now. Good luck!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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livelife
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Penny
Michigan
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 4:54:09 PM
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Marybeth & Aunt Jenny... How??? Is it a mini? I have looked into mini/lowline breeds. My Neighbors are the issue.. I live on a used to be dairy farm, land was sold off years ago (before we bought it) and I'm surrounded by development, "urbies" I call em. I have thought about boarding, but not being the actual owner. Then others could help with the cost but I'd get all the love!! I know sounds crazy. I'd like to hear more details, did you have to have a special permit or anything?
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 5:57:49 PM
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I understand the wanting a cow.I wanted so bad and I finally got one. She is a sweet heart. I don't know if anyone else figured out how much it cost to raise one but when we had two it cost us 25 dollars a week.Now we trade labor for free hay and sialge so it doesn't cost us anything.
What is the zoning in your area? It couldn't hurt to find out. What kind of cow would you want? Good luck!
Alicia
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 6:23:58 PM
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I think where you live would make a difference. I live in a very small town and my neighbors don't mind my cow. She is a regular jersey..not a mini at all. We have all sorts of animals here all over IN town though. Horses, chickens, even a water buffalo on the block behind us, sheep, goats etc. No pigs that I know of. Even MY neighbors wouldn't probably be THAT nice.
I have had Mona for about a year and 1/2 now. She is for sure my dream cow..as sweet as can be.
I would do like Alicia said and check the zoning. If it is developed heavily around you there might be limits. Darn. But you never know. It is sure worth a try.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 01:29:15 AM
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Oh Penny,
I hope you can have one there! I hope to have one someday soon too! Jenny is awsome with what she has a does on a small piece of land, it is very inspiring! Do let us know what you find out!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 08:17:13 AM
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We also had a Jersey cow on five acres. And horses, and pigs, and chickens, too. We had to buy hay and use the pastures more as treats, but it worked fine. And with growing kids, we had plenty for milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, we vealed the bull calves, and fed excess milk to the pigs to make some of the tenderest pork around. It worked out great.
I agree that the zoning could be an issue; but if you're zoned ag, there's no reason (unless you're on the side of a sharp hill and can't have it grazed) that you couldn't keep a dairy cow on five acres.
Oh, and my hubby didn't get it either until he had a big homemade deep dish Chicago style pizza thick with homemade cheese stringing across his plate! That and a few dishes of the best danged ice cream you ever ate in your life, and that changed it for him.  |
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livelife
Farmgirl in Training
45 Posts
Penny
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2007 : 6:55:34 PM
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Yea, somehow someway...its gotta happen (Thanks ladies)
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