Hello, this is Tasmania-chan
I am introducing about farm life!
・Job about dairy farm
・the good things, the bad things in a dairy farm
we need to work at a farm to get the second working holiday.
I just try to work in a farm!
I worked at the dairy farm in Tasmania for five months.
The farm which is said first or second biggest dairy farm in Tasmania has 4.000 cows!
JOB
Cow boy -1 , Milker-2 people
＜SHift＞
(AM3:30-PM1:00) ・(PM1:30-PM10:00)
＜Milking About 6 hours＞
・Cup on side 3 hours- A person puts machine on cow’s nipple.
・Cup off side 3 hours- A person lets cows go outside.
We can milk 5-20L/ cow/ time
Some cows kick us
Other cows come back to eat grain again
Cows have own character.
We give them treatment if cow gets sick.
＜Cleaning about 3 hours＞
We clean inside the dairy and outside.
There are too much poop…
The good things and the bad things
The good things
Easy to find a job
Work with animals
It doesn’t matter the weather
Not to get tan
Fresh milk
Hourly rate
They give good accomodation
The bad things
Starts from 3am
Milking(espesially cup on) in3 hours in a row
Much poop and pee
Smell
The first and second week is very very hard
Cow might stamp us
It takes 2 months that I notice cow is cute
Only One of cows close to people.
Normally, cows are afraid of human.
In the end,
I don’t want to back the first month.
It was too hard for me.
But this experience makes me strong and told me how wonderful to work with animals.
・Unique experience
・the hard things but fantastic things
next topic is saraly, accomodation, photos!
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