Life — And Death — on the Farm
As farmers, we understand the cycles of life. We experience new life as calves are born or chicks are hatched. And we experience death, as we lose our animal companions to predators, disease, old age, or difficult birth. It happens. This is the way of farming, especially for farmers like us who surround ourselves with animals — cows, chickens, goats, horses and donkeys, or should I say one special donkey. The fact is we bond with our farm animals. The longer they are around, the stronger that bond. For that reason we not only owe a sense of gratitude to those who give their time to care for the animals on the farm, but for the toll it takes on those that bond with these sentient, expressive beings only…