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16/11/2023

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Young breeding pair of mottled silkies is looking for a new 🏡
5🥚bucks for both.

16/11/2023

🍀Shorter the legs, longer the grass😁🍀

03/11/2023

Just got home and the whole lot is waiting for a veeeeeeeery late brakfast🙈

27/10/2023

As Southland as it gets at the end of October.
The cattle grows tough here though.

26/10/2023

Mating time is just around the corner and I am trying to make my mind up🤔.

I am experimenting with a "new gadget " FlashMate , that will help me to identify a heat. I don't like to interfere into and modify (PG, Cidr) natural cycle of a cow. Happy, healthy cow will do it for me, as well as I have no need to chase bucks around here.
One of my cows was already on heat 3 days ago and that is good to see.

And even though Highland cattle🐂 isn't exactly my cup of tea, I bought this coffee mug ☕️ in the Briscoes , it was on the special for a half price. Well, don't buy it!😆
I will need a lot of coffees during mating season😴.

24/10/2023

Two days after disbudding and the calves are fine. I kept the herd close to the yards so I could regularly check the burn wounds as well as bring in the calves and administer nonsterodial anti-inflammatory and analgesic IM injection.
After the local anesthetic wears off the animals feel a pain. Undeniably, disbudding is a painful procedure, but it pays off in a long run. And I am sure the calves didn't lose any of the cuteness😉

22/10/2023

Today's hat trick

✅️DNA sampling
✅️Tagging
✅️Disbudding
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Hair sampling - to test for BD1 and BD2 (also known as CHONDRO) help me to determine if I have carriers present among my breeding cows and will help me with upcoming mating strategy to avoid producing affected calves.
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Tagging - everyone in charge of cattle (or deer) in NZ must make sure they are tagged with National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) tags and registered in the NAIT system. The animals must be tagged within 180 days of their birth or before their first off-farm movement.
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Disbudding - for peace in mind. We all perceive our own safety, safety of the others and safety of an animal(s) differently. My choice is to disbud domestic cattle that would grow horns otherwise. No matter how my cows and calves are socialized, handled and friendly, the fully grown horns can become an unintentional weapon, and I/ you always must stay mindful where the horns are and the same apply for the animals.
In the country where I come from 🇨🇿 we have a saying about a "dumb luck", which pretty much translates to "Better be safe than sorry". Right?
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I will share another post on the disbudding procedure, procedure afterward and healing process later, all with graphic documentation.

18/10/2023

Sorry bubs, the bucket is empty🤷‍♀️

14/10/2023

I bought these rubber skips in Saddlery Warehouse Invercargill. They are perfectly shallow so all calves can reach with ease and don't need to dive in deep feeding buckets. But the best thing about these is I can forget them 🤯 in the paddock and they stay put when it's windy🌬. I don't need to look for them🔎, I don't need to climb over fences 🪜 to the neighbours for them....... Lately we had some horrendous winds, they stayed in a same spot and in one piece. And they look like they will last🥳.

13/10/2023

Busy shearing 🐑🐑🐑🐑today, but still able to observe the mini mob in the distance😀

09/10/2023

Team member #2:

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Ballerina is my interpretation project of perfect X bred miniature cow for homesteading. She is a result of line breeding.

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She is Miniature Highlander Jersey Xbred. She grows quite long highlander coat for the winter. She sheds the coat for the summer and is sleek and shiny as anything, which makes her suitable for warm climate. She also kept beautiful dark marking on her head from the Jersey side of her pedigree.

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She had her first calf this Spring and she is very caring mum. I hand milked her twice, after she had her calf and even though she never has been handled as much as Iti, she proved to be very trainable.

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She was disbudded as a calf.

02/10/2023

I promised to introduce my team of mums, so here is the first one I bred myself:

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Iti is a dream cow for homesteading - wonderful mum, had her second (heifer) calf this Spring and is trained for hand-milking. She is Miniature Hereford Milking Shorthorn Xbred.

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She was disbudded as a calf.

27/09/2023

Yes, that was the breakfast 😋

24/09/2023

Such a pleasure 🌅 🐄

22/09/2023

The babies are starting to take an interest in the breakfast serving😃

I have to find some time to introduce the team 🐮🐮🐮🐮 properly.
Stay tuned!

29/08/2023

My super cool (project) flock of mottled silkies who enjoyed today's supply of greens a lot.
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People often ask about "purity" of my silkies due to the red combs and white skin with dark spots.
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In case you ask too, why?
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Mottle gene inhibits pigment deposit in the skin, even in black skinned birds - simple as that😉

28/08/2023

Due dates are very close🤞

15/06/2023

🐮Miniature pedicure🐮
Everything went well, I only had one issue - the minis are too short (head to tail) for the hooftrimmig crate🤦‍♀️
My Hereford Iti was just doable as she still fits in a category of small frame cow, but for the Highlander Ballerina we have to think about different arrangement🤔
Honey was observing the action from the best spot🐩

22/11/2022

One of my dedicated broodies😊I tried to see her babies🐥🐥🐥, but no luck.

19/11/2022

So little 🐥

07/11/2022

Exciting times! My R2 Ballerina had an AI visit by me😉 Fingers crossed it is a first visit and a last visit🤞

27/10/2022

What the heck is in there?????😱🐶
First hatch of the season. The start has been a little slack here so 🤞 for lots of 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣

27/10/2022

Nice clover hay makes miserable days like today easier to cope with.
I learned not to complain about rain and rather make an extra round around our animals, because any rain in this time of the year, is a good rain.

24/10/2022

A good frost this morning! The wait for a fresh grass will be a little longer🐄🌿☘️🌱

22/10/2022

On the October 5th we welcomed wee heifer calf. Her mum Iti (Little) had too many choices to give the birth on any beautiful Spring day we had, so she choose a blizzard to give her a birth. We named her Hiona (Snowflake).
Even though both cows, Iti and Ballerina, tried to protect her from the elements, for me it was really unbearable to watch and I walked the "herd" into the hay shed. But the wintry blast was only short lived and now they all enjoy beautiful sunny, warm days.

Iti is a rising 3, F1 generation of miniature hereford X, she stands at 115cm (45") of hip height (measured at home), so she fells in a class Small Frame Cow/ Midsize Miniature.
She is wonderful mum, she loves a proper butt scratch and of course she will follow bucket with sheep nuts just about everywhere.

06/09/2022

🌼Happy first week of spring everybody!🌷
Spring symbolizes new beginnings and I would like you to meet my new breeding project of miniature cattle. I started breeding them a couple of years back and over the coming years, I would like to offer a very limited number of offsprings to a new pet/ homesteading homes.
Watch this space!

07/06/2022

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***8 silkie pullets for sale, $30 each - 1X dark grey, 1X black, 1X buff, 5X splash. One dark grey rooster available too (pictured with 4 splash pullets, $10). First in, first served***

02/02/2022

Last couple hatches for this season are now done and dusted. All babies are with foster mums or in my brooder. I will have selection of pullets and roosters for sale by mid-late April.

26/01/2022

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12/01/2022

**SOLD**
I have 3x golden and 1x lemon pullets for sale, they are $30 each. And also 2x golden rooters at $5 each. All roosters have 5 toes with nice V separation🙂

03/05/2021

The soft Autumn sun gives the blacks lots of compliments, I think☺️

05/03/2021

~All girls are pending pick up now~

~To give away to a good home~
4X black hens (not solid black), age between 2-4 years. I am replacing with young birds with better basic colour. The girls don't look the prettiest at the moment as they molt and are with roosters. They will make nice addition to your backyard, they make lovely pets and are great broodies.
First come, first served when it comes to looks and ages of the girls ( I can't tell exact age of all as some lost the coloured rings)

05/03/2021

Young roosters of various colours (not for pot), $5 each.

05/03/2021

~All girls are pending pick up now~

~To give away to a good home~
4X splash hens, age between 2-4 years. I am downsizing and I won't be breeding this colour anymore. The girls don't look the prettiest at the moment as they molt and are with roosters. They will make nice addition to your backyard, they make lovely pets and are great broodies.
First come, first served when it comes to looks and ages of the girls ( I can't tell exact age of all as some lost the coloured rings)

05/03/2021

~To give away to a good home~
8X white hens, age between 2-4 years. I am downsizing and I won't be breeding this colour anymore. The girls don't look the prettiest at the moment as they molt and are with roosters. They will make nice addition to your backyard, they make lovely pets and are great broodies.
Please note - I would like to give a chance to more than one home to get a lovely pet with benefit of few eggs, so no more than 3 birds per pick up. Thanks😊
First come, first served when it comes to looks and ages of the girls ( I can't tell exact age of all as some lost the coloured rings)

05/03/2021

~Both Sold~
For sale - 2X silkie cross pullets, $15 each. Both girls are very pretty and will make great mums with benefit of reasonable amount of eggs😊

05/03/2021

~SOLD~

For sale - 3 pullets of rare colours, $32 each.

05/03/2021

~SOLD~

For sale - 2X buff pullets, $28 each.

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