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Hundred acre farm life family run farm milking 120 cows, on a grazing system. honest thoughts and honest stories from the farm

Its all begun πŸ‘Œ. Remember we spoke about the conversion we are doing. Yesterday my brother started digging the drains in...
08/09/2026

Its all begun πŸ‘Œ.

Remember we spoke about the conversion we are doing. Yesterday my brother started digging the drains in. We were mixing concrete and putting gravel around the pipes until we couldn't see last night 🀣. Next sort week or so will be all this we've a klargester to put it (posh septic tank) aswell plus a big drainage soak away.

06/09/2026

Plod plod plod - no rush πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„



IBR vaccinations today we do them every 6 months with out fail. Few years ago we had an out break its not nice, sick cow...
05/09/2026

IBR vaccinations today we do them every 6 months with out fail. Few years ago we had an out break its not nice, sick cows like a really bad flu. They also loose there milk. We didn't loose any but had some cows that finished up not worth milking.

IBR stands for Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis. Just a 2ml jab in there rump. Its every Bovine from calves to cows so a busy day. We did the cows as we milked this morning and then the young stock after. The AI race we built must be 5 years ago is worth its weight in gold πŸ’ͺ we can do 6 cows a time. Soon get through them. We do all routine work through it. Then the young stock through the crush. Actually takes us longer to get them in then do them. The AI race was only 4 gate posts, 2 gates and some tubes we had. Really cheap considering the work its had. Hardest bit was cutting the concrete. We actually knocked the posts in with the post knocker on the tractor 🀣. A wooden block on top of the metal posts 🫣

Barn owl greated us this morning fetching the cows πŸ„
05/09/2026

Barn owl greated us this morning fetching the cows πŸ„

More fertiliser today, just one bag to do in the morning. Pulled that branch (on the picture) out the hedge ready to be ...
04/09/2026

More fertiliser today, just one bag to do in the morning. Pulled that branch (on the picture) out the hedge ready to be cut up, while I had a full fertiliser spreader for ballast πŸ˜…, could I sell it as a garden ornament πŸ˜…πŸ’°. The ash trees around here are slowly falling down, plenty to cut up shortly. Shame really.

The grass is looking really good just like spring grass, we've cut silage back now to the cows, there only on 2 dry 2nd cut. Idea it balances the wet lush grass, they have access at milking time. Least we are saving the 1st cut for winter. There is not quite enough grass to feed only grass yet, id say we will be close soon. But this time of year we also need to build grass covers to try and keep the cows out. But I have the feeling its not going to be a normal time and we are going to get some exceptional growth this week, some sunny days coming, some showers and warm temperatures so perfect πŸ‘Œ.

Look at that grass 😍
04/09/2026

Look at that grass 😍

Fertiliser today, it'll be the last application of the year. Now we've some growing weather. Our spreader had stood for ...
03/09/2026

Fertiliser today, it'll be the last application of the year. Now we've some growing weather.

Our spreader had stood for so long it was being re-wilded 🀣

Nice to get out of the yard and do some tractoring

Nice hereford bull πŸ‘Œ she soon got him out
02/09/2026

Nice hereford bull πŸ‘Œ she soon got him out

They always wait till you want wind down for the day πŸ˜…πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„ party balloon as we joke with the kids, calf on the way
02/09/2026

They always wait till you want wind down for the day πŸ˜…πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„πŸ„ party balloon as we joke with the kids, calf on the way

Joseph was pleased to have the kobota to himself today with the big two off to high school, he was of to shut the cows i...
02/09/2026

Joseph was pleased to have the kobota to himself today with the big two off to high school, he was of to shut the cows in the field.

I walked back over the calving field earlier, its coming back to life with all the self set seed from the standing hay. We normally leave it and top up any thin areas. We might 🀞even get a grazing if we lucky depending on the weather, later on in October or if not it'll be there in the spring. We tend to use the same calving paddock just for convenience for us its close to the house. Still 2 left to calve they have got to be done mid month going by the date the bull came out.

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