November was a Busy Month
November was a Busy Month
Well December is here and we have (at the time of writing) only 138 days to Easter. November was a busy month at our little farm as we had two new calves born, we purchased a dozen ducklings and we acquired three new sheep (abate this was on 02 December).
The New Calves
Beaudette had a little bull calf on 07 November. Heather and I actually got to see the birth,
which was a first for both of us I think, We went down at about 8:30 to check
on her (for about the millionth time that night and umpteen millionth time in a
week) and we noticed a set of hooves protruding. We thought the time must be close so we took
up a seat to watch. Well about two hours
latter a little calf was born and Beaudette was the proud mum of “Bart”.
On the 28th of November when Heather was going
down for the morning milking she noticed that Kazza had had a little heifer
calf, which came as a bit of a surprise.
We knew Kazza was due and it was imminent but she had shown no signs
(well the signs the other two had exhibited) that she was so close to calving.
We have named the little one “Shazza” and she is a Doughtmaster/Illawarra
Shorthorn cross.
Ducklings and Sheep
We have acquired 12 little duckling also in the past week or so. They are Indian Runners and ranged in age from one week to three weeks old.
The sheep flock has increased in size from four to seven with the addition of a trio of ewes “Marcia”, “Jan” and “Cindy”. The girls arrived on 02 December and fitted straight in with the other four in our sheep paddock. One of the girls “Cindy” was in milk which is a bonus. In the photo below Marcia is the brown and white one, Jan is the black girl and Cindy is the shaggy looking girl at the back.
Other Bovines to join the Family
We also had three bulls join us at the farm. Firstly we welcomed Dobbs and Duffy (in first photo below), a couple of handsome Brahman bull calves on 09 November followed by Merv the Murray Grey on the 10th of November.Merv (seen in the photo below with Daphne) was brought to give some loving to our girls. He has wasted no time moving around the herd giving, in some cases a little unwanted, attention to the lovely ladies. Merv also had a bellowing match with the bull on the next door property so as to let him know he was on the ground and not to "talk" to his "girls". It was very funny watching (and listening) to them bellowing at each other across the corner of their respective paddocks.
Other Visitors
We have also had a few other visitors as seen in the photos below.
The hares/rabbits were eating grass in one of the bottom paddocks and the parrot is one of eight I rescued over the weekend from the cattle's water trough - They seem to have been trapped after going in for a bath/drink due to the depth of the water. Four didn't survive - the others stayed a short time and when they had dried off and could fly left to join the flock that frequents the jacaranda and poinsettia trees near the holding pen 
Until next time stay safe.
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