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Took our new pup Diesel out to meet the cows yesterday at 11 weeks old we've not had time to see if he has what it takes to make a working dog, heres a couple of pics don't think we need to worry. I'm there with him as "back up" should one of the cows/ calves become a little too pushy. He...

Went looking at some mini cattle that were advertised locally the other day, the current owner doesn't know much about them only they are "mini" they brought them through our local cattle sales as they felt sorry for them. From what we were told they have picked up in condition 100% to what they...

Happy with the way these heifers came through winter nothing special no hand feeding just what they could find by themselves out in the paddocks. We were prepared to start feeding them at the start of September as that is in the "in between" time before the grass starts growing again. Scottish...

Anyone have any details about this bull good, bad, indifferent ? Reason I ask is I have some in my tank & for the life of me can't remember where it came from only thing I can think of is when the freight company was shipping a tank for my AI company they (shipping ) dropped a tank & lost all...

Though some people may be interested to see our herd bull Rossco & how he's developed over the last 12 months This is a photo taken when he was 1 year old at the time I wasn't too impressed with his butt shape but I thought I would give him a bit more time to mature. This is Rossco taken...

Sorry some of the photos are a little fuzzy This is Rosco a bull that we bred ourselves he is out of a milking Angus cow that we have in our dairy out of our Lowline bull. We've taken him back to the farm to use over our Highland & Murray Grey cows his first calves will be due later in the...

My hubby likes Hereford cattle so we have been talking about buying a few polled cows as we sell replace the Highlanders. My questions are what are some of the things we should be looking for I know they used to have problems with their teats & or udders I also want them to have some pigment...

Just got off the phone with my parents my dog Rocky (border collie x kelpie) has come through his surgery with flying colours he was somehow ran over with the quad bike & shattered his back leg, the x-rays showed no hope of it mending & being 8yrs plating it would have been a 50/50 chance of...

After the crappy way our butcher did our ham this year we've been talking about building on of our own just need ideas on size for a family of 6 (us 4 + my parents) don't know how often it's going to be used each year but I'm willing to try anything once & the curing times for weight Cheers Jane

Well its been a long time since I was here last & a lot of things have happened since than, several floods later 1 of which took 3 of my Miniature Horses (14yrs of breeding gone) I now have 2 left, Learned a lot with my beef cattle still have my Scottish Highland cattle - although its only the...

While most have seen my Highlands I rarely post any pics of our dairy herd so here are a few of my favourite cows Sharon she is a 1998 model still going strong at her peak she would produce 30+ litres day now she has dropped back to 20L she has given me 5 heifers & 2 bulls, several...

Just had another calf born early this morning still slightly wet but up running around already a good sign. So far this is the only purebred bull I've had born still have a few more to calve but these will be closer to Christmas or early Jan '10 Cross bred steer born 01/10/09 highland x Jersey x...

Here is Katharine Odhar of Rahil Park - (et), a 15yr old Silver Dun highland I was recently given the opportunity to purchase Katharine earlier this month she has a silver dun bull calf at foot I also own her black daughter Charlotte along with her neice Crystal. I was able to name her bull...

Just got our new bull yesterday he is way more impressive in the flesh than he looks here in the photos. The pics were taken today around 4:30pm & are not the best as I didn't have time to get over the fence & into the paddock with him Genestar reads as follows : Marbling4 = 2, Tenderness4 = 5...

Just interested if anyone has grown or knows of anyone that has grown field peas & fed straight to their cattle? I know that you can buy field pea hay & feed it out that way. After reading an article in the dairy newsletter we planted 2ha of field peas as we were told you can graze them (cattle)...

I am putting together an advert for a magazine for my farm but I'm having trouble with coming up with a catchy slogan. The one I'm using at present is Quality, Performance, Personality What I'm trying to come up with is something that brings Horns & hair together without sounding sleezy, crass...

Has anyone grazed their cattle on field peas? if so at what stage do you start grazing ?

The 2 fullblood black heifers that I brought just before Christmas '08 both are now 16mths old Charlotte & Crystal Flora & Floriane I like this cow, she has reared 2 cracker calves 802 She is a Jersey x Friesian 1998 model still going strong though I don't know for how long, each year she...

Ok I've been thinking of breeding some of my Angus x Jersey cows back to Angus again for their next calf. I'm not too fussed on most of the Aussie Angus bulls that are available & most of the time have kept coming back to the following bulls. Thoughts & info (good or bad) will be taken into...

Finally getting around to building a new set of yards after summer & I have been looking for a cattle crush that would suit my Highlands & haven't found any that I think would suit, so have decided to get one custom made. After searching I have found this one Highland Cattle Crush...