Tag: hereford heifer
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Waiting Daze
Queenie is waiting. Waiting on Daisy. Dazey Daisy. Who does not seem to be in any hurry to do terribly much. She now is (officially) a week away from calving .. they say if the calf comes earlier it is more likely to be a heifer, later a steer. Of course there are about a…
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What you need to breed a cow without a bull
To breed a cow without the actual bull you need frozen semen. Well of course you do!! This gadget. The semen is in a small straw that fits into the end of this, once it gets through the cervix the semen is gently released into the uterus. And to get that far you will need…
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Red door
This is what the kiwi builder was up to. He and John put in the first of the red doors (there are three)… the inside of the door is red too so when it stands open all summer the colour is still present. The Goldilocks windows.. these are the most extravagant of the windows but…
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The receding snow line
Sorry had to say it – because the snow is receding as slowly as an old man’s hair to reveal a bald man’s pate. A moonscape. Beige with a hint of sepia is still the colour of the day. John is in Missouri, where they have green grass under their snow by the…
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Knocking holes in walls is Deeply Satisfying.
Don’t you think? Do you ever go to peoples houses to visit and silently imagine knocking walls out, reorganising doors, rearranging their furniture and redesigning their lighting. I do. It is an affliction. I console myself with knocking holes in my own walls. I just don’t like walls very much you see. When I was…
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