Monday, 18May, 2020

Had some hunting done over the weekend. A group of very nice and very good hunters who got four pigs, two fallow deer and one sambar deer. Particularly good result with the pigs which we would like eliminated. They are prolific breeders and do a lot of damage. The boys had a great time and hope to come back later in the year.

The pump team came out to install the bore pump. It only took about half an hour to do and is very easy to use. The lads were happy to demonstrate and explain maintenance requirements so I could do a video to bring home to show John. I was really pleased I had remembered to take the iphone. They did a great performance - only problem was that I did not press the start button on the iphone and it did not work!

Cut up, trimmed and packed the brined beef today so meat job is all done. Not much room in the freezer now. Fortunately the lame cow (who seemed to have a set back after preg. testing) is improving again which means we will be able to humanely send her on a truck to the abattoir and not have to consider home butchering. She is in a 30 acre paddock on her own and gets a biscuit of lucerne hay (chocolate for cows) every day. She looks good and is walking well but we don’t want to risk further problems.Read more