Good morning everyone,
I hope you are all having a great Easter – and are enjoying the extra hour’s sleep with the daylight saving change. Mind you it now feels like winter is here, for sure!
Our Feral Cats
Well, we finally caught our little grey kitten. We put out a possum trap every night, and yesterday morning we found our little one trapped inside. Because it has been on it’s own for a long time it is very feral. We have it locked in our downstairs bathroom with a dirt box, cat tower and plenty of food. Lol, kitty is eating and pooping well. We talk very gently to it, and it seems to be responding.
Our neighbour wants a cat to keep their mice and rabbit population under control so this kitty is destined for them, but we just need to settle it down, and get it speyed.
I keep saying “it” as we are still unsure yet of the sex.
On the Farm
Our fencers have been hard at work erecting our new fencing. They are concentrating along the edge of the lake, with a nice rail and batten fence. It is a 9 wire fence, using soft number 8 wire, which is much more stock (and horse) friendly than high tensile wire. Below is a photo part of the fencing they have done. We think it looks great!
The internal fences will not be railed. Posts will be round and it will be 9 wire and batten.
Our older girl who we spotlighted last week (Libby) has still not calved, and looks a long way off. Either the scanner got it wrong or (more probably) I wrote the date down wrong.
Our Lake Farm Genetics Facebook page:
We now have this up and running again, and have just started to post again. This is a “more serious” page dedicated to our breeding program, and may not be so much of interest, but you are most welcome to view, and subscribe to the page, if it is of interest:
www.facebook.com/lakefarmgenetics
We have still not got our Lake Farm Beef Facebook page back yet – and keep pushing Meta (sigh…)
Spotlight on:
Today we want to spotlight one of our 7 month old heifers. This girl in called Winona, and she is really developing nicely. I picked her out for spotlighting, as she is standing out from a lot of the younger ones. Winona is the daughter of one of our very special breeding cows, Trixie.
We will run Winona with our bull, Mt Vernon, at 13 months of age, and sell her (with others) in calf at 15 months of age.
Winona is also posted on our Lake Farm Genetics web page.
That’s all for this week. We hope you ere enjoying the weekly posts. As always, we love feedback!
Cheers
Colin and Keryn