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Waiting to go out for the Summer……….

April 14, 2019 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

Waiting eagerly to see if the weather warms up before they set off across the fields for Summer.  These calves, born in the Autumn have enjoyed their wintertime in the big shed with their mothers and are now ready to race around the green fields when the weather warms up a bit and the grass

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More action……………tractor power.

June 15, 2018 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

Hay made, we then concentrated on making haylage – baling the dry grass, and wrapping it with the black plastic to give the animals a great tasty alternative to dry hay and clamp silage (grass in a silage clamp fermented to a great winter feed). Trying to balance the diet for the animals is hard

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Enjoying a mud pack!

March 13, 2018 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

Well, what can we say about her? She has enjoyed rubbing her head in the mud and spoiling her good looks for the time being. She has a young calf and is enjoying the great outdoors on the hill of Mielke Ross, overlooking Ross Bay and the Kirkcudbright Estuary. Its a hard life………..

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New girls to the herd.

January 24, 2018 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

These are the heifers which will be continue to grow up here to replace some of the older cows. They have been bred here at Ross Farm from our herd of cows and their father is the good looking Hereford bull (ginger with the white face), who likes posing for the camera. They should grow

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Twins!

April 1, 2017 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

One of our cows has had a lovely pair of calves – looks like she will have a lot of work to do keeping them out of mischief!

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Freedom!

April 29, 2016 By admin_rb With Comments are off for this post

A few of the cows and newly born calves heading out up the fields.

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