Tag: heat

• 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. 

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 27, 2018

  Farm Animals, farmphotography, Life, Photography

  calf, countryliving, cows, farming, hardwork, heat, weather

• THE HEAT

  

  THE HEAT, RETURNS

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 24, 2017

  cows, Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  animals in heat, bloat, farmanimals, farming, featured, heat, milkcow, Molly

• Hot Chooks

  

  The last two days have risen up into the 90’s here.  Hot summer days.  For me the weather is lovely, for the animals and birds hot weather is a trial. The cows headed for the back paddock and lay into the long grass down there to get away from the heat and the flies but…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  June 4, 2017

  Farming, Life, Photography

  chickens, heat, pasture raised

• Cows Love wallows too

  

  But only for the feet. In the heat cattle will stand in one area and urinate then stomp their feet until they have made a puddle for their feet. went one better and have them a wee pool of water. They seemed to like it! Sheila finally got her big body outside and dug her…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  June 28, 2016

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  cows, heat, pigs, summer, wallows

• Heat Exhaustion

  

  We had three of the meat chickens die of heat exhaustion yesterday. They had water,  they had shelter but I was off the property for a few hours buying supplies, then we treated ourselves to lunch and did not see them go down.  By the time we had got home the wind had turned and…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 26, 2016

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  chickens, farming in heat, heat, pigs