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Animals that start with x4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() I have two daughters – Eva age 12 and Vanessa age 9ġ0pm: I’m back out again for a late-night feed for the kids. In the winter they get silage or hay and in the summer season they are out in the grass.ħ.30pm: I eat my dinner and catch up with the family. We are looking forward to opening to the public on Saturday 18 June as this is the first year they can come back on farms since 2019 so there is a lot to plan.Ħ.30pm: I feed the kid goats and dry stock.ħpm: I feed cattle in the fields again, they are given meal twice a day, 365 days per year. We are one of 18 farms participating in Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend from Friday 17-Sunday 19 June. We have quite a lot going on at the minute organising shows and events. We have a 60-acre farm near Castlewellan and are every expanding with suckler cows, so who knows where that will take me in the future!Ĩ.30am: I do the school run with a much-needed coffee in hand.ĩ.15am: I grab a quick breakfast once all the animals and children are sorted.ĩ.30am: I head to the office or lorry for my day’s work. The kid goats drink 2 litres of milk – it’s made up of fresh milk, goats milk, hay and meal.ħ.45am: I check cattle in the fields and feed them. Our farm has been in County Down since 1989 and has approximately 80 animals on farm – goats, cows and poultry.ħam: I feed dry stock kids (animals that are not producing milk) and any calves that need fed on milk. Last week for example, I headed out at 4.15am when we had a cow starting to calf and a heifer calf was born at 5.10am.Ħ.40am: I start milking goats and feeding goats that are currently milking. I usually follow the same routine 7 days a week, unless I am checking the labour ward and have to get up earlier. ![]() 6.30am: My alarm goes off and I grab a coffee and wellies and head to the yard.
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