Patience is a virtue
Posted: Monday 19 September, 2011
Just when I thought they were in calf.... Blizzard has come into season and has had a high old time with Viking. So back to the calendar.
Viking on Blizzard
I'm going to bring them home on the 14th October. By that time, both will have had another cycle while running with the bull. If they aren't in calf by then, I'll leave it until next year. I don't really want autumn born calves.
CorrieDhu, with who's cows they are running, thinks they are a bit fat - well, obese was the word she used. Now, I know that they are a bit chunky - they look more like beef cattle than dairy cattle, which is what most Shetlands look like, and they sure have a leg at each corner.
So I've surfed the web and downloaded two Defra guides on condition scoring dairy cattle and beef cattle - that will be my bedtime reading tonight. Probably give me nightmares 
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