num_pages: 136
description: Cows can love play games bond and form strong life-long friendships. They can sulk hold grudges and they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and more have been observed documented interpreted and retold by Rosamund Young based on her experiences looking after the family farm's herd on Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire England. Here the cows sheep hens and pigs all roam free. There is no forced weaning no separation of young from siblings or mother. They seek and are given help when they request it and supplement their own diets by browsing and nibbling leaves shoots flowers and herbs. Rosamund Young provides a fascinating insight into a secret world - secret because many modern farming practices leave no room for displays of natural behavior yet ironically a happy herd produces better quality beef and milk.
language: English
title: The Secret Life of Cows
publisher: Good Life Press