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this is NOT a box of chocolates at the moment

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I've been hesitant to post this but feel that others might gain from it - so here I go! At the moment life here on the farm is in short terrible. We have had a real  set back and its hard to see an easy or a quick solution. We had agisted our cows that are due to calve in autumn (in the next few weeks) with someone who had done it for us the past several years.  We had been very happy in the past with how our cattle were fed and looked after and we probably became complacent. Anyway the downside is that when Gary went to collect the cows due to calve soonish he was confronted with a disaster - our cattle were in terrible condition and didnt appear to have been fed much at all.  This photo is one of the worst cows - and when I saw her I just cried. We love and care about our cattle and for this to happen is just heart breaking. We face many challenges now - these cattle will be hard to get back to being well and looking good and its certainly not going to happen before they cal