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Craigowmill Farm Diary
December 2004

December 1-15

Injected all cows & some heifers with Ivomec F (includes fluke) and copper. Vets have run out of copper so the rest of the stock will have to wait until after New Year.

SHL bull calves retained entier with the rest being dehorned and castrated.

December 20 All AAX and make SHOX calves put into shed & started on silage. HL Steer calves also put into shed. We were lucky to get a fine dry day !
December 22

SHOX heifers left outside on silage ground

Yearling HL heifers now being fed silage outside in troughs at Upper Warroch. 2 YO HL steers will join them but at present they are still on grass and 1kg per day beef nuts.

All cows now on to hill ground with the black herd at Craigowmill & the rest of Upper Warroch

We now have

3 Senior HL Bulls
2 Junior HL Bulls
8 Bull Calves

2 SHOX Bulls
1 AA Bull

148 HL Cows anc I/C heifers
49 SHOX Cows and I/C heifers

36 HL Bulling heifers
33 HL Yearling heifers
29 HL heifer calves
14 SHOX Bulling heifers
2 AA Bulling heifers
33 X heifer calves

37 - 2005 HL Steers
21 - 2004 HL Steers
9 - 2004 X Steers
28 - 2004 X Steers


December 25-26 Snow with lovely clear weather
December 27 Back to rain !!
December 31 More snow - although equally short lived !

 

Marsh Marigolds

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