Our First Cow

Here at Sunny View Farm we were on the fence with raising cattle at first. There has been a lot of thought that has went into this. We don’t consume much dairy because some of us are sensitive to it. This is why we have dairy goats on premises (another future blog post). This cuts our need for cattle in half. We do eat beef though so we couldn’t write off cattle completely. I found the idea of raising cattle may be very daunting. Cows are very large animals and can be very dangerous to young children. I spent many nights researching stuff about cows. The different types, sizes, uses, types of meat, common issues, type of feed, and the list goes on. After a few weeks I eventually became comfortable with the idea of having a cow around. The month was January of 2021 and it was a cold…

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The Night I Saved A Chickens Life

Here on Sunny View Farm we have 5 Ameracauna hens who are about a year old. When one of these Ameracauna hens had some troubles laying an egg I had…

A Farmers View on Processing Animals

“How can you go through with processing animals that you have raised?” This is one of many questions we are asked on Sunny View Farm. There are so many ways…