So this year I decided to try something new. A couple of factors came into play, one being I was burnt out at work and had no more interest coming in on days off so needed a reason not too 😂 and two, the Brits I follow always talk about their contractors. Contractors for harvest, for shearing, for lambing, for scanning, for everything! Well if they hire contractors, maybe some farms here will too.
So I made up a flyer in the fall saying I’d help with processing, weaning, shipping, etc.
No bites.
Then a friend said he’d hire me during calving.
So I tweaked the flyer to offer calving respite in January. Since then I’ve been on multiple farms, in good weather and that horrid cold shit, and now just perpetual fog. I’ve covered for holidays, birthdays, bull sales and just been an extra hand along with the family.
It’s been a lot of fun and interesting seeing how different farms do things. Never seen anyone give a cow rompun before! Had some pulls, had some no sucks, got compliments on my “eye†for calvers and illness, washed some tractors haha All around good experience.
I’ve decided to use the money to take an ultrasound course and fund an ultrasound machine so I can add that to my repertoire. As such I was checking out grants under the new sustainable CAP. Apparently you need to make at least 25,000 a year to qualify for any of those so they aren’t nearly as helpful for true small farms as they think 😂😂 The fella says I just need to get one of the farms to apply for me hah
Here’s a collection of some of the photos. The black farms have been having the fun black cow adventures. Hence the rompun.
So I made up a flyer in the fall saying I’d help with processing, weaning, shipping, etc.
No bites.
Then a friend said he’d hire me during calving.
So I tweaked the flyer to offer calving respite in January. Since then I’ve been on multiple farms, in good weather and that horrid cold shit, and now just perpetual fog. I’ve covered for holidays, birthdays, bull sales and just been an extra hand along with the family.
It’s been a lot of fun and interesting seeing how different farms do things. Never seen anyone give a cow rompun before! Had some pulls, had some no sucks, got compliments on my “eye†for calvers and illness, washed some tractors haha All around good experience.
I’ve decided to use the money to take an ultrasound course and fund an ultrasound machine so I can add that to my repertoire. As such I was checking out grants under the new sustainable CAP. Apparently you need to make at least 25,000 a year to qualify for any of those so they aren’t nearly as helpful for true small farms as they think 😂😂 The fella says I just need to get one of the farms to apply for me hah
Here’s a collection of some of the photos. The black farms have been having the fun black cow adventures. Hence the rompun.
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