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  • It was Winston (The Bull)

    I was always of the belief that cattle not rushed about or driven will take the line of least resistance, usually uphill. Have you ever been sitting having breakfast, when a bull looks into the kitchen window, well we did. It was Winston, our seven year old Hereford bull, it was June time and he had...
    Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Sat, Jul 2 2011
  • The Persistent Escapee (cow)

    I remember father counting, cattle each and every day, He counts and looks at every one, to see they're all OK, A cow that persistently gets out, gets better at it, she learns to jump or hop over slack wire, learns to push rails down and push at the legs of electric fence posts, and push through...
    Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Mon, Dec 13 2010
  • Cattle out wintering

    It looks like the beginning of a two week cold snap; the cattle seem to have grown a longer woolly coat almost over night, and its still only third week in November. In general the stock has grown well through the summer and with a reasonable quality of silage to feed should be able to maintain condition...
    Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Wed, Dec 1 2010
  • Loading Cattle

    On the odd occasion, now and then, things take a different turn to what you have planned for that day. I had planned to take two big steers in to Market, checked their tags, they had been pre-movement TB tested, filled the entry form and signed the passports. Up early on the morning with the trailer...
    Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Sun, Oct 10 2010
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