I love the curiosity of the other residents whenever we bring an new addition onto the farm. The dexters, particularly T-Bone were not particularly impressed about not being able to get through the gate to meet the newcomers. I seperated Bangers and our still un-named jersey for the night so that I could milk her [...]
For the time being at least. I have perservered for over four months training Charlotte the dexter to be a house cow, but its finally time to give it in and concede that she is just not cut out to be a house cow. I have learnt so much from her (such as cows can [...]
Little T-Bone is learning that its ok to spend some time away from his mother and that when he is tied up he has to stay in that spot! We are progressing fairly well with the halter and lead training…the catching him in the paddock however requires considerable work. He might look cute, but in [...]
After many weeks of looking like she was going to pop any moment, Charlotte finally had her calf this morning just after 10am. She had a fairly quick and easy birth and we were lucky enough to be able to watch, photograph and video the whole birth which was pretty exciting seeing as it was [...]