This basically sums up morning choring!
Actually, I find it quite fulfilling doing chores up at the farm in the morning. The smell of a barn wakes you up with a stronger smell than fresh brewed coffee! I hear the rooster crowing. The barn cat rubs up against your leg, awaiting his snack of milk for breakfast. The cows are mooing, eager to get outside and check the weather.
Theres lots of stuff to do when you've got a barn of cows to care for. Now that I have Holly, my little Jersey cow, I go up every morning to help with the chores. Along with her in the barn there are 4 Jersey ladies, one more female Jersey calf, 2 one year old Jersey males, 7 Hereford females and 3 fresh and new Hereford calves. Its a very complicated routine to get everybody looked after in the mornings - each cow has its own needs depending on age and breed, but I will try to generalize the process.
1. Scoop poop and refresh bedding
2. Give water to cows that stay indoors
3. Feed grain ration to some of the cows
4. Milk the cows (that are producing milk) and feed milk to calves that get milk
5. Let (some of) the cows out - separating old from young and keeping some indoors
6. Give indoor and outdoor cows hay
All the morning chores take about 1 1/2 hrs with two people working. But the routine continually changes, as the seasons change.
Later in the day theres more chores that get done, milking again in the evening, putting the cows in etc. Im not too familiar with those chores though because Im the morning chore girl! Its so much fun having a cow, and getting to be up at the farm every morning. Theres endless things to watch - the animals are steady entertainment. If everyone took up farming, there would be no need for T.V.!
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