Well, I have just brought the cows in from the field, ready for milking , and i think that is going to be the last time they are out , until the spring.
The ground conditions are such that it is getting so sticky and muddy out there that it can't be much fun for the girls , so hopefully they will be happier inside all the time now .
The milk yields will hopefully improve too , as at the moment they have been worse than bad !Really , i think they just need that little bit extra pampering and things will improve , we shall see in the next couple of days.
I attended a meeting the other day in North Yorkshire about dry cow and late lactation cow management , and it was surprisingly interesting , and hopefully , by making just a few little changes around the place , our dry and close to calving cows will calve down and join the milking herd with little or no difficulties , last winter went very well , so a repeat of that would be ideal.
We have had some new heifers join the herd and they are just looking a million dollars, they have settled in well and are lying in their cubicles too, which is a bonus !
The youngstock remain out for the next couple of weeks hopefully, weather permitting , as there is still plenty rough grazing to be eaten off and they are just the animals to do it !
Oh the Chloanne cow front , Frankham Sept Storm Ethel has been dried off , ready to calve in mid January , Chloanne webster Gracious is safely in calf to Morningview Legend, and this month should see Chloanne Hanno Gracious calf to Ensenda Taboo Planet .
