photography session

Been taking advantage of the sunshine to get some shots for a forthcoming article to be featured in Country Smallholding magazine, keep an eye out for the october issue - will be on sale in september.

another healthy arrival

A bull calf arrived this morning , not doing bad after the 3 heifers...

and another makes 3.....

Aw man, could you not have got me a smaller earring!!

Another calf born today and yet another heifer ! Now if we could just get the same sort of luck with the weather so we could  get some grass cut ......

Productive embryo flush

A long and busy day yesterday, We had a productive embryo flush  and they are now residing in their surrogate mothers where we hope they will stay for oooh 8 and a half  months .

Embryo programmes are not for the faint hearted, there is a lot of time, money and worry involved - fingers crossed for succesful pregnancies.

Conker the bull is now very happy outside with the girls

Another new arrival

We had another little heifer calf born on saturday afternoon , as with all previous arrivals the cow required no intervention and is a wonderful mother. Thank goodness the sun has come out today to give our 2 new calves a chance to dry out after the nonstop rain we have had recently.

New arrival at Wessex Lowlines

We had a calf born early this morning,  luckily another heifer calf ! bright eyed & bushy tailed, as I type I can see it through  the window and its galloping around the field as lively as you like. A key bonus of the breed - easy calving , the cow has plenty of milk and very good mothering instinct yet no worries with temperament. The calf was checked over and tagged within 2 hours of birth and while mum kept a close eye on what was going on there is no sign of aggression.

Small holders show - Ardingly

friday night - all set up and ready for the show opening saturday morning

early saturday morning and the people start arriving

lots of interest in the Lowlines

David extolling the virtues of Lowlines

Lots of people learning about lowlines

Just home after a weekend at the smallholders show, lots of people now know all about Australian Lowlines.  We met some lovely people and  had lots of interest in this great breed - people can certainly see their potential. Conker the Bull, Gracie the cow and her calf (still to be named!) are old pro's at showing themselves off now and behaved impeccably. They certainly show off the wonderful temperament and good looks that this breed has.