Moooooooing times are here at last :-)

Yes, the cows have come home  - quite literally.

The cows that are now part of our farm are a Kasaragode dwarf and its 3-month old calf.

Why this breed? Well, we were just clear that we wanted a native breed. We had tried looking for a Kangayam cow (native to the nearby town of the same name and quite familiar in the neighboring districts) in the yearly Oddanchatram cow mela but the asking prices were sky high.

In the meanwhile, a friend of ours who procures organic vegetables for a store chain mentioned he was going to bring in some Kasaragode and Vechur cows from Calicut in Kerala, and we told him we wanted a milking cow with its calf - since we needed a source of milk right away.

http://vechur.org/kasaragod/

As it turned out, our friend was able to find and procure just what we asked for. Since its a small cow, we were easily able to bring the cow and the calf in our camper. It was an interesting spectacle, and I wish I had remembered to take some pics of that.

Anyway, Bindu the cow and Bambi the calf are now getting acclimatized slowly to the cold, the hills, and to the new varieties of grass. The milk output is very miniscule, but its just about enough for our kids to have a glass of milk every day, and for an occasional cup of filter coffee for us.