Reader Delights in Miniature Cows

Reader Contribution by Corinne Talkin
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Eight years ago when my husband retired from law enforcement and I retired from nursing, we wanted to do something with the 40 acres that we had bought years before as a place to get away and unwind. We had to take into consideration that we did not live at the property full-time, there was no electricity and we had only one well that used a generator. 

After looking at many different options (including raising wild boar), we decided on miniature cattle and have never regretted it. It has been an amazing journey for two people who had no experience at all with cattle. We’ve had many ups and downs, including losing our original three when they broke out of our fence upon delivery, the death of my favorite cow during calf birth, and having to cull out two bulls due to their instability. 

But out of the downs came ups— we recovered our cows after four days and learned how to make a correct fence, the calf (we named her Karma) of the dead cow was found eight days later (that is an amazing story in itself) and we nursed her back to health. This year she had her first calf— beautiful and healthy. And the bulls ended up in our freezer and we haven’t bought beef for years.

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