June rainbow
Couldn’t resist taking this photo last week. Caught it just before it disappeared.
Posts Tagged ‘farm’
Rainbow at Deepestdorset, Stour Cross Farm
Sunday, June 12th, 2011Thank You – Hardy Chalet
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Dear Chris & Martin
Thank you very much for making our stay at your farm so welcoming. We all had a lovely time.
Best Wishes and Happy Easter
Rachael, Paul & Luke (5yrs )
Cow Calving at Stour Cross Farm
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010I couldn’t resist the opportunity to video one of our mature cows calving her second twin calf. The first one was born only minutes before but unfortunately I missed the delivery. The calf was up on its feet shortly afterwards and I was mistaken to think that the calf belonged to the white cow you see in the video as the calf is of similar markings but it was later made obvious that it was the first of the twins. These are our fourth set of twins this year and all of them are doing fine.
Click on the video link below and watch the wonders of nature. The video is about 8 mins long.
The second twin calf being born
Twins Born
Monday, August 9th, 2010Martin decided to bring a cow, who was close to calving, into an empty barn as he thought she was having problems. We left her for an hour and then intervened with the help of a calving aid. Two male calves were born, our third set of twins this year.
 Calf # 1 Aug 8th 2010 |
 Calf # 2 The mother immediately licks one calf at a time |
 The mother immediately licks one calf at a time |
 Introducing the calves to the bottle |
 An empty wine bottle always comes in handy! |
The mother has been taken away to be milked and her milk is saved in a separate vessel. It is vital all calves drink their mothers first milk called colostrum which contains all its nutrients in a very concentrated low-volume form. This is where I come in!!!
It doesn’t take long before the calves are up on their feet and gurzling the milk. I find a empty wine bottle with a rubber calf teat on the end does the trick. Tomorrow they will be moved in another barn where some other calves are being hand reared.
August 26th and the twins are growing. The photo above shows the smallest of the two taking her afternoon milk along with her brother and three other calves. She is still quite small but stands her ground when it comes to feeding time. |
