Not a whole lot has been happening lately. The farm has been for sale since we got here, as are all the cows, and despite a few people coming to look at it nobody's really been interested. The internet is still awful so it's taken me ages to get this post published, even with only one photo.
On February 3, we picked up Killarah Shadowed Hero (aka Skuggi,
pronounced “skoogee” which is Icelandic for shadow) from the airport. He’s a
purebred Koolie from a breeder in NSW and he’s now twelve weeks old. Hopefully
when he is older he’ll be able to take over Sparkie’s service dog jobs as she
retires.
We still have no grass here. Hopefully once summer ends we’ll
finally get some proper rain. The cows are looking pretty skinny now and the
boss can’t afford to give them any more hay than what we’re already giving them because the milk processers aren't paying enough for the milk. The calves though are looking fat and shiny, despite only
getting grain and hay.
We’re less than two weeks out from the start of calving so
things are about to get really busy.
