Two new ones today.
9 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
One new calf first thing. Yesterday's escapee was waiting at one of the gates to come back in. Checked the cows after lunch and found another one just born.
Janette has been thinning out some native Czytaj więcej
Tidying up a bit .
10 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
First a GP appointment for John to continue having some sun spots cleaned up with liquid nitrogen. GP Peter is the fastest freezer gun in Benalla. He's worried about a couple of them, so I'm booked in Czytaj więcej
More plans.
11 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We have a couple of large gum trees in the gully next to the house, one at each end. There are also a couple of old tree stumps that get in the way of mowing. We have asked North East Tree Services to Czytaj więcej
Powerless.
12 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
No newbies today, so still 14 calves.
We were scheduled to be without electricity today to allow work on the power lines. Not really a problem as we have the wood fired stove - in fact that's really Czytaj więcej
Thursday 13th June 2020.
13 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Again, no new calves today - the bull must have had a couple of days off.
Had a couple of 'visitors' this morning - two sheep. They belong to neighbours, Catherine and Darren. They bought them Czytaj więcej
Friday 14th August.
14 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
The cow that I've been most worried about has calved. She has arthritis in her hips and they 'click' when she walks. The main concern was that calving might damage them more and she might not be able Czytaj więcej
A bit of allsorts today.
15 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Quite a mild, misty morning today.
Another escapee this morning. She was waiting at a gate to be let back in when I went to do my check at dawn. There's a huge tree over the fence 'up the top'. She Czytaj więcej
Monday 17th August 2020
17 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
One calf yesterday and one today. That's 18 so far.
There's rain forecast for the next few days so I hooked up the slasher to the tractor and did a bit of tidying up. I slashed in front of the house Czytaj więcej
Tuesday 18th
18 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Watched anxiously from the front window as 0906 calved on the hill opposite.
While checking the cows this afternoon I realised one of the cows has a calf but she's not 'ticked off' the list. She Czytaj więcej
Problem solved.
19 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Had a good check this morning. Did a head count of the calves and counted nineteen. That's one more than on the check list, so the cow and calf I saw yesterday have been added to the list.
Janette Czytaj więcej
21 today.
20 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Total of 21 calves so far. Hopefully, nine to go.
Went to tick one of today's two off the list and I had her down as having calved a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't give me a job as a book-keeper. Czytaj więcej
We're going back into Winter.
22 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
It's absolutely bleak here today! We'll be lucky to get to ten degrees the way it's looking. That lazy wind makes it feel even colder.
Managed to do a bit between rain squalls yesterday - finished Czytaj więcej
More CoViD cancellations.
23 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
In my capacity as president of the Tatong Community Great Big Garage Sale committee, I received an email from Benalla Council last Friday. It informed me that this year's Benalla Festival, in Czytaj więcej
Tuesday 25th Aug
25 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Yesterday, Monday, morning we set out to draft the eight 'yet to calve' cows away from those already calved. We did fairly well - we got seven out.
There was a very, very heavy frost this morning, so Czytaj więcej
Oops!
26 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
The picture says it all, don't you think?
I went to get some firewood and...
Help is coming in the morning, so, hopefully, there'll be a better photo tomorrow.
It's out!
27 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
The troops assembled at 9.00am and headed off to see what could be done. Darren and Robert went the long way (round Schultz Rd) to avoid driving their tractors across wet ground. We had five chains Czytaj więcej
Adam's launch day.
28 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Good news and bad news - the bad news is that the cow died. The good news is the calf has taken to the bottle very quickly and very well. He's a boy (obviously) and will need a name - any Czytaj więcej
No-name is a quick learner.
29 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
No-name has learnt very quickly that me plus a bottle equals food. This morning he ran into the race (a dead end) and waited. I locked us both in and held out the bottle in front of his mouth. He took Czytaj więcej
Repairs and roadwork.
30 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Kevin Ryan came this morning to weld a rail back on the race. When a calf decided it would be a good idea to put his head through the rails of the race to see what would happen, I'm sure he didn't Czytaj więcej
Back to fencing.
31 sierpnia 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
When Janette drove the Hi-Lux home the other day, she reported smoke coming from under the bonnet. The front right wheel was very hot. The suspicion was that the brake was jammed on.
Took the wheel Czytaj więcej
Construction and destruction.
1 września 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Well, there's always something!
Janette went into Benalla to do some gardening at our house there. There has been an old, very dilapidated house next door. The owners are finally knocking it down and Czytaj więcej
Still 4 cows to calve.
3 września 2020, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The last cows to calve so often keep you waiting. By the calendar, they could be weeks away yet. None of them appear to be in any hurry.
Things have been pretty normal - finished that bit of fencing. Czytaj więcej
At last - another calf.
4 września 2020, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
A new calf this morning so three to go.
No-name is recognising that the ute and “come on” means food. He eventually realises that he has to come to you if he is to get a drink.
Kathy Z has named Czytaj więcej
A day's work done by 8.30am.
5 września 2020, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Fed Nemo then set up the yards to try and get our poorly calf and her mother in.
We did the usual - some hay on the tractor to lure them in. The only problem is some of the small calves are loathe Czytaj więcej
Father's Day 2020
6 września 2020, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Very frosty this morning. As is often the case after a frosty start, it was a lovely sunny day.
With two calves to feed, and one mother cow in with one of them at the moment, it's a two person job. Czytaj więcej






















































































