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Maggie fell ill and died. I don't want to talk about it.
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09 Sep 2011 19:04 AEST
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disasters
so sorry to hear of your loss , but i d also stress that thoose in the industry can know alot more than a vet but in saying that alot also believe in treatment to be a lump of lead. it s all a learning and your never stop learning. if an animal is sick keep her warm
09 Sep 2011 11:32 AEST
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Mastitis treatment
Hi Matthew, I am a farming Vet in Queensland and I watched last night's program with frustration. Hopefully you left a heap of Maggie's treament details out. If not - next time you have a cow with mastitis, there is so much more you can do. Firstly ALWAYS milk out the udder, otherwise the toxins stay in the cow. Secondly penicillin is the least effective antibiotic for black mastitis, there are plenty of others, and if your timeline was right, you had time to do a culture and get it right. V
12 Mar 2011 19:36 AEST
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Sad
Matthew, my husband and I am so sad to hear that you lost Maggie. She was such a beautiful cow and we will miss her on your next series. I hope you have been able to move on and fall in love with your new milker. They are such gorgeous creatures, so gentle. All the bes, Jan and Tom
11 Feb 2011 22:05 AEST
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Farewell Maggie
Hi Matthew, I'm very sad to hear that Maggie has retired to the top paddock, I grew up on a dairy farm and have quite a few girls in the same paddock. What keeps us farming folk going is knowing that there will always be new life arriving on the farm. Maggie will always have a special place in your heart, and when you get a new girl you will find that she has a different beautiful personality, and fall in love all over again.
10 Feb 2011 19:52 AEST
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Maggie
Our delightful Jersery Girl Matilda is getting a little age about her now. This worries me as life without her is not something I wish to contemplate. She has provided so much to our family and we are eternally grateful. So, Matthew, I do hope you have been able to secure another gorgeous girl to carry on after Maggie. Life without a Jersery is a reduced life. Felicitations,
25 Jan 2011 17:55 AEST
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Terrible news indeed
Oh Matthew, I'm so sorry. My heartfelt condolences.
23 Jan 2011 2:18 AEST
From: Smithton Tas
Cows and milking
Hi Matthew, Not a nice thing for sure. Though I've milked cows on dairy farms, the ones I have on my property currently aren't "milkers"; however, I have had dairy goats here that I used to milk, so I can understand the loss of such a relationship. Unless people actually experience twice daily milking, every day, they don't really understand. A privilege is how I see it. Regardless of the cause, do not let it deter thee. All in all, the benefits outweigh the loses. Regards, Mike
10 Jan 2011 19:14 AEST
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Sincere Condolences
Hi Matthew I am so sorry to hear of Maggie's sad demise. I have just started out on a similar venture to you but in North Eastern Victoria. It is bloody hard work and as I am no longer a spring chicken the work really takes it out of you and each loss is heartbreaking. Take care and don't give up just yet. It is actually all worth while
12 Dec 2010 11:39 AEST
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So sorry
I am so sorry to hear that Matthew. I bought my first Jersey milking cow earlier this year, though I had never had anything to do with cows before and like you I have found life with a milking cow simply better than life without one. I hope you can find it in your heart to adopt another cow, so that another lucky animal will get to enjoy the kindness and nurturing you showed Maggie.
10 Dec 2010 8:43 AEST
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Sorry to hear
Sorry to hear about your loss, I know what it's like, having lost the calf, but not the mother and having to have my lovely milking goat Anouk put to sleep it very distressing. Life on the farm has its ups and downs, losses and sadness, that's because we are just hobby farmers and not born and bred Farmer who take it all in their stride.
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Ever wondered what it’d be like to leave a cushy city job and set up a small farm without any experience of rural life? Join Matthew Evans as he adjusts from being a restaurant critic to learning exactly where his food is coming from, on a farmlet in Tasmania’s beautiful Huon Valley.
Matthew Evans was once trained as a chef, before crossing to the dark side of the industry and becoming a restaurant reviewer. After five years and 2,000 restaurant meals as the chief reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald, Matthew realised that chefs don’t have the best produce in the land, normal people who live close to the land do. So he moved to Tasmania, to a small patch of earth where he’s raising pigs and sheep, milking a cow and waiting for his chickens to start laying.
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