Most of our herd spends the winter about 3 miles down the road on another piece of land. To minimize stress on the animals, we walk them there and back instead of loading them into trailers for such a short trip. This process has become known as our semi-annual "cattle drive." In actuality, it is more along the lines of a cow walk, but the former sounds more adventurous! To pull this grand event off, we gather friends and neighbors to act as living fence posts, walking alongside the cows while holding a strand of fence which the cows believe is electric. This forms a moving rectangle, and most of the time everything goes off without any hitches!
It's nearly time for the cows to come back home before they begin calving. Saturday March 14th at the Swiss Connection will bring lots of good old-fashioned fun, food, and fellowship!
It's nearly time for the cows to come back home before they begin calving. Saturday March 14th at the Swiss Connection will bring lots of good old-fashioned fun, food, and fellowship!
