summer update

We had a really busy ten days when all the rest of the grass was cut and gathered in. We now have plenty for the cows and a lot of horse haylage which we will try to sell from September. We had to lead it from the fields really quickly and cover the stacks with a netting to prevent bird attacks - they go after the bugs that land on the bales because of the warmth.
The cows have had their feet trimmed by the vet as some of them had quite long toes. We have collected a bull from the farm that Anah and Valerie came from - Oaklands Challenge. We let him out of the trailer and all the cows ran to greet him - poor lad, he turned and ran away! He's now quite happily munching on grass and following the girls around.
The sheep are still waiting to be clipped but the weather just keeps postponing it - annoying showers that just keep making the fleece damp. We are wanting to move a lot of them down over the river to eat the new grass appearing on the cut fields, and this would allow a lot of the top fields to have a good sheep-free period.