Four of the cows.

These four cows in the pictures below are the cows that have been needed to be seprated from the rest. The two brown cows are the calfs from last year they may be big but they are still only young and will not be heading to the bull as they are not ready. The two black cows are also calfs from last year, they are ready for the bull but sadly the rest of the cows seem to bully these two sisters so they have been put with the two browns as they are the same size and seem to get along. Hopefully by the end of summer all four of these cows will be able to go out with the rest for winter and all get along!

My jeep:)

A few weeks ago now i posted about getting my jeep back. It is a two litre Vauxhall Frontera Sport.  I have been learning to drive in it now for a while just up and down the Pete track. Here is some pictures i took last week when i gave it a good wash and a good run up the track and hill :).

                                                             Giving it a good wash!

Up the hill..

Bogged the tractor!

Yesterday the five cows were getting moved across to the other field so they could get introduced slowly around the old bull we used to own last year, although that will not be the bull we will use for breeding this year it is just to get the young ones used to being near a male as these have been used to just been around females since they were little.

While we were moving the cows my Grandad was ahead of my dad and i taking up the food to do them for the night in the tractor. But unlucky for us Grandad ended up with something catching his eye and ended up not really looking what was ahead of him and went straight into a bog. The tractor was well and truly stuck there was no way it was getting out by itself.

After a while of trying very hard in moving the tractor dad then went and brought his van up and well he tried to pull it out for at least an hour but that was getting no where. tried with the pick up a good few times again that was getting no where so then ended up having to call out one of my dads friends to come help. After about eight hours of trying to get the tractor out we finally manged to move it. After all that time and hard work my Grandad,Uncle and Grandad were shattered and covered head to toe in mud but least the dog was rather happy, She was covered in mud and was not wanting to leave, she was having far to much fun rolling about in dirt. Safe to say my Gran was not too impressed with the state her kitchen was in!

Bye Bye one of our female cows :)

Today my Dad is going through to Dingwall to sell our year old female cow. She is lovely, very gentle and soft natured. She is a big build and is black and white couloured. We are putting her down in dingwall today so she can get sold. She was ment to get sold a few months back but had a little bit of trouble rounding her up she still did not want to leave her mum, alot of farmers from here wanted her for breeding but as she was not wanting to leave her mum so soon we decied to slowly take her away and aim for this date.

So each week we have been spliting her up further away from her mum. The first couple of times was hard and she made such a noise but she is fine now and is doing great by herself, really has come along well. She would make a great mother herself and think she will produce some really healthy calvs. Hopefully we will get a good sale for her :).

For a link to the dingwall market website click below.
http://www.dingwallmart.co.uk/index.htm

Got the jeep back:)

Finally after months i have my vaxuhall 4by4 jeep back! So happy thought i would never get it back! Very greatfull for a close family friend to fix teh fuel tank though at a very low price. I use the jeep just to learn how to drive for my 17th. Its great for off roding and we also use it to get to the cattle easy for feeding. I shall update with pictures soon :).

Yesterday we took four cows of the common grazing and will be due to have their first calf March/April next year.
 
The other day we also bought our first chevoit tup. he is just one year old. We are also due to pick up anotehr replacment tup next weeked.

Today we doesed the all the sheep woth Mineral drench. It is a liquid for pre tupping to make sure they are healthy fgor lambing season and also gave them a worm drench was given at the same time.

Some good Winter clothings and also other bits that you may need.

Thought i would do a quick post on some things that we have been buying getting ready for winter. Things like jackets,water proof trousers and also very strong boots, wellys are very good yeah but if you are out in say snow for hours on end running about after cattle wellys can sometimes not be the best things. You also need a good torch for winter time, as you will know yourself it gets very dark very early and when your out checking on the cattle a small torch is not good for keeping an eye out on whats going on about around you and where the other cattle are. I would recommend Tresspass for jackets,trousers and boots. It may be expensive but you are paying for great quality and will keep you warm. I always look under ski&snowboarding as they are well quite obviously made for very cold temputares. Some links below to things on there site.
Clothing:
http://www.trespass.co.uk/section/womens-clothing-2/womens-outerwear-4/ski-and-snowboard-jackets-17

http://www.trespass.co.uk/section/womens-clothing-2/womens-outerwear-4/waterproof-trousers-22

http://www.trespass.co.uk/section/footwear-5/womens-footwear-14/womens-snow-boots-263

Torch:
http://search.diy.com/search#w=torch&asug=Torch