Udder Delight, #39362, highly pregnant, our milk producer for the next 8 months

she did more, galilaeus, she talked to me! said "Moooh" -- twice, at least...

She is pretty! I hope she can go out from time to time. Is she your cow or did you rent her? :)

Ich hab den Bauer gestern Abend gefragt: die Kühe kommen nie aus dem Stall raus. Wir kaufen nur die Milch (1 oder 2 Liter jeden Tag), Besitzansprüche haben wir keine. Es ist der letzte Bauer am Ort und ich erwarte, dass im naechsten Jahr irgendwann Schluss ist. Die Bauersfrau fiel und brach sich den Oberschenkel --komplizierte Sache-- und ist im Krankenhaus; dachte schon an künstliche Gelenke im kommenden Jahr, hat oft Rückenschmerzen...

Too bad for the cows! Sobald ich wieder mal Zugang zu meinen Bildern habe, poste ich für dich eines mit Kühen im Schnee auf ihrem Freigang. Die mögen das, es ist gut für ihre Beine, sozusagen eine Kneippkur. :)

Schlimme Sache für die Bäuerin! Ich wünsche, dass es ihr besser geht!

danke May ich freue mich schon auf Deine Bilder, und dass es Euren Kühen besser geht.

galilaeus where do you call "home"? my knowledge of such practices in Germany are scarce, i.e. I don't really know. Noone except a few people close to that industry knows. Personally I doubt that things are similar to your ways, though many years ago, I expect it was like that. Today all animals get a computer chip inserted under the skin at birth and may not even have any visible tags at all. Scanners and portable computers everywhere -- except my exceptional last/single old farmer (and a few like him, few and far between)...

sorry, galilaeus, for not having asked my question clearly enough: I meant to inquire which country/place you are at "home" at, or rather those farmers you had mentioned (because you had asked "is it the same in Germany?"). I know very little about cows in Germany, nor anywhere else, really... my interest has been limited pretty much to "steaks on a grill" and related matters. This milk cow business is just "a blast from the past", encountering the same situation of 50 years ago, when I also went to fetch milk at the source most every evening...

thanks for explaining, galilaeus

I guess it all depends on how many animals one has and if they are kept "close" -- i.e. living "with" the family.

One always names the horse one rides, but in a stud farm, each animal surely also gets a chip and thus a number. We all get a social security number, passport number, driver's license number -- even Microsoft assigns us a number for using their software. It's all perfectly acceptable and sensible...

btw: "mit Schlag" means "with whipped cream"

She is a very fine beast Wurmer..I suppose by now the owner will no longer be milking her..she may be already beef-burgers...But we know that this is NOT the cloned cow..

I wonder what happened to galilaeus..It is some time since I saw mention of his name..perhaps he himself was a victim of copyright infringement ;>)

Cheers ;>)

Jim

now you made me curious, Jim, so I checked my mail: I last heard from galilaeus in mid-December 2009... I have no idea why his account has disappeared, but I'll snoop around a little for any indications as to what might be the cause (doubt that I find any though, otherwise will let you know)

Thanks ;>)

found him - his account seems active

Mystery solved ;>) Thanks Wurmer ;>))

I should call in..it has been many long months since ;>)

jim