Day 294 of 2024

Last calf to teach to drink this season.

He got the knack very quickly :-)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 293 of 2024

After making us wait forever, the last cow finally calved!

Yaay, that's the end of calving for the 2024-25 season.

(Three months after the first cow calved!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 292 of 2024

Always planning ahead...stocking up on bales of silage - for a dry summer - or a dry autumn - or a wet winter!

The grass that went into these bales was so lush that the bales were very soft and couldn't be stacked on top of each other (except for the truck ride here!) or the bottom ones would just collapse!

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 291 of 2024

Little Tammy Cat really pushes her luck.
It's only because I was standing nearby that she was able to get so close to Emma Dog.

Normally there is a bark and a chase whenever Emma sees her.

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 290 of 2024

"Hey what about us?"
Paddock calves waiting for their feed....unknown to them, they were now on once-a-day feeding and were not going to get a feed!
(Their breakfast feed was double the amount they usually got so they were not going to starve!)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn 

Day 289 of 2024

As Calving rolls into Mating, the herd gets some colourful tail paint (along the tailbone) to help us identify which cows need to be put up for mating.

(If the tail paint is rubbed off, they've been 'riding' each other which is optimum mating time.)

See you tomorrow,

Raewyn

Day 288 of 2024

Bull #1. The father of some of my calves.

(100% Angus)

He doesn't look too ferocious here but I wouldn't like to come across him on a dark night.

Nor would I like him to stand on my toe!

(Lily, recently learning about puns, delighted us (and herself) by describing him and Bull # 2 as 

"bully bullies"!)

See you tomorrow,

(Trying to catch up again!)

Raewyn