Day 244 of 2024

One of the advantages of moving the big calves further out onto the farm is that it's a bit too far from the sheds to multi-task and feed another mob while they are drinking.

So, what do you do but sit back and relax with a freshly picked orange until they are done :-)

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 243 of 2024

The sheep from next door have come over to tidy up the orchard.....so the MOML doesn't have to mow it!!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 242 of 2024

I'm missing my hill walks and their sunrises....I did catch this one though.

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 241 of 2024

Snoozing day for the dairy calves.

Dehorning time; all got a general then a local anaesthetic.

(The vet does this job these days.)

All well and happy and eager for their afternoon feed by 4pm.

(The beef calves are polled, ie hornless, so they just stood around and watched.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 240 of 2024

Cow time.

See you tomorrow,
Raewyn

Day 239 of 2024

"Remind me", I said, "when I complain about sore muscles tomorrow, that I did a great job cleaning soggy shavings out of the calf shed!"

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 238 of 2024

Whenever one of us comes back from checking the cows and announces there is a new calf, the question they get asked is 

"Plain or Fancy?"

Our beef buyers asked if we would breed a few FleckVeigh calves for them....these calves have mottly, spotty faces, panda eyes etc etc.

Sadly we aren't getting many of the pretty creamy coloured ones - mostly black and sploshy as in the calf on the right, but they're pretty cute either way!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn