Kaleb Cooper issued stark warning from ‘furious’ fiancée over ‘difficult’ farm decision

Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper dived into details about a particularly difficult farming moment that didn’t go down well with his fiancée Taya

Kaleb Cooper has opened up about the personal challenges that have come with being a farmer. The Clarkson’s Farm favourite gained prominence as Jeremy Clarkson’s assistant in the award-winning programme, and he has since forged a successful career path of his own.

In his new book, the 27-year-old delved into the realities of farm existence, and how one particular decision left his fiancée Taya “furious”.

Within a chapter titled ‘I hate sheep!’, Kaleb detailed how these animals had created problems both on his land and within his relationship.

He wrote: “Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions when you’re a farmer. There’s no room for being a big softy.

“Farm animals are NOT pets. So one day I made a hard decision. It was time to sell the sheep – mostly because sheep are rubbish, as I’ve already mentioned.”

Expanding on this, Kaleb described how the livestock had proved to be “a right pain in the neck”, and insisted they made his existence “as difficult as possible”.

After purchasing Taya a sheep called Stumpy during the early stages of their romance, Kaleb explained how this marked the beginning of an entirely new chapter on his farm.

“Stumpy’s lambs grew up and they had lambs of their own, and then before I knew it we had eight sheep running around the farm,” he recalled.

“I was also helping my friend Jeremy with his sheep at the time. He had a lot of sheep and didn’t know what he was doing.

“Those sheep of his were even more stupid than my sheep and they were really doing my head in. That was when I made the hard decision to sell mine.”

Looking back on the process of getting rid of the sheep, he said: “Stumpy was last to go. She looked at me as the other sheep went up the ramp, cocking her head to the side as if to ask me what was going on.”

Upon dispatching the sheep however, Kaleb said he immediately heard “someone yell” and realised it was Taya, who was completely unaware about his plan.

Remembering their conversation, the farmer wrote: “‘Sorry, Taya,’ I said, taking a deep breath. ‘This is a business decision’.”

What came next was a warning from Taya, as he recalled: “‘Open that door and let them out if you want what’s best for your wellbeing,’ she growled.”

Kaleb said the very “furious” Taya shouted “with such volume” that he “nearly fell over”.

Following his explanation to her that “they’re not pets”, the farmhand said his fiancée agreed, though insisted “they are family instead”.

Making her case, Kaleb said she reminded him that Stumpy was a gift to her, and argued that she required a flock.

He went on write in his book, Kaleb’s Farmyard Tales: Escaping Animals and Runaway Tractors: “I opened my mouth to argue, but I knew she had a point.

“Once you’ve given an animal a name, it’s very hard to see it as just a way of making money. My shoulders slumped. I was defeated.

“I could see the driver’s nervous face looking at me in the lorry’s wing mirror. I shrugged.”

In a twist, Kaleb revealed: “Then I opened the lorry and let the sheep come back down the ramp.

“I opened the gate to the holding pen and let them run free, back to their paddock. And as it turned out, it wasn’t a hard decision after all.”