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  • May 29, 2018

    HEAT STROKE

    HEAT STROKE

    Lucy the newborn Angus calf  went down with heatstroke yesterday evening and I had to go in and drag her out through the little milking calf door without her mother killing me. If I had left her in there she would have died on the spot.

  • May 28, 2018

    New bobby

    We all melted in the heat yesterday but Leia managed to give birth easily to a wee Bobby calf before breakfast. She kept him under the tree for the day and has not brought him into the barn again. 

  • May 27, 2018

    BABY LUCY

    BABY LUCY

    When I went out to check the two Angus cows Luna and Leia yesterday morning there was a perfect little calf all curled up in the dry straw. Luna (who has a bigger udder than Aunty Del in full production) is the proud mother. 

  • May 26, 2018

    THE WHITE LINE

    THE WHITE LINE

    The other day I opened Poppy’s electric fence gate so she could come out and visit with Sheila but she refuses to cross where the electric fence WAS. I bring her food over and she paces back and forth in front of the memory of the white electric line never crossing, never taking one step…

  • May 24, 2018

    POLISH DUMPLINGS (PIEROGI RUSKIE)

    POLISH DUMPLINGS (PIEROGI RUSKIE)

    So many of my woofers over the years have been the children of immigrants. And, for me, the most wonderful thing about having such kids around is the discussions about the food their parents have brought to America with them.  Food is big talk when working out in the fields.

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