Well, with lambing in full swing, today our pet lambs grew to three. We think they are twins (boy + girl) and whilst cleaned up, mum has been nowhere in sight all day, and the poor lambs have been crying. We left them incase mum came back, but at 5pm today it didn't appear to be happening. So we have rescued them and are giving them 75 mls, 6 times a day. Alice has called the girl 'Strawberry' but the boy still undecided. They now provide some companionship to Buttons (who is now on 5 feeds of 200mls but will drop to 4 feeds of 250mls starting tomorrow). Photos will come!
Also added to our family is Fleet, a Northland bred pony (14.2 h). He had a pretty nervous ride back from Pukekohe today, but has settled out in the paddock with some feed. If the weather holds tomorrow i.e. the predicted cold snap is late arriving, we will get him in. Again photos will come!
Other jobs for the day were weighing the steers, which we do when they come past the cattle yards on their rotation. They are getting fed some silage every day, with feed covers in the paddock being a bit restrictive at present. Today and yesterday were both very warm days, so hopefully some grass growth and the warmth will be reducing their maintenance level.
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