Wednesday, August 31, 2016

My old school calves.

Each year my school Auroa holds a school pet day. It's always a terrific day. Each student gets to bring any animal but not to big like a cow or a horse but kitten yes, most kids bring a calf or lamb to school.

I like to bring a calf to the school pet day, last year I also had a lamb at a boys and girls show. 

When I was 5 my calf was called Rockstar because she rocked at everything we did together, her breed is a Jersey.


When I was six my calf was called Bell. Her breed is a Friesian. Bell is a milking cow on my farm I will show you a video of me milking her in another post.


When I was 7 my calf was called Sparkle.  Her breed is a Jersey.  I called her Sparkle because the judges said that she sparkles in the sun.  This is my sister Amelia and her calf is called Chocolate Flowers.  



Last year when I was 8, my calf was called Sunshine, and my lamb was called cuddles.  My brothers lamb was called bullseye and Amelias calf was called Chocolate Brownie and her lamb was called Rosie.



This year I have a Friesian calf and a lamb.  My calf is called Boom Chucka Lucka and my lamb is called 2 strikes.  Check checking my blog for an update on my new friends.
  


Monday, August 29, 2016

Catching Mrs Murphy

Yesterday I got up at 5:30, to go with dad to milk the cows. It was pitch black.

Dad and I got the cows out of the paddock and into the cow shed. After we milked them we went and feed the calves.

Next we went and got the cows and calves out of the paddock. We do this everyday. The calves go into the calf shed and the cows go into a new paddock with other calved cows ready for their first milking.

Here is a video of me catching 'Mrs Murphy'. I choose the name Mrs Murphy because the name of her dad is Murphy and he comes from Ireland. His calves have different patterns, they have a white stripe down their backs. Like a skunk and because shes a heifer which is a girl, her breed is friesian.



Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Welcome to my very first blog post.


My name is Sophie and I am 9 years old.  I have one brother and two sisters and a Mum and Dad.  I like to swim, run and do lots of other sports.  But most of all I like to farm.


I live on a dairy farm in Taranaki, we milk 265 cows.  We have different breeds of cows they are mostly friesians, some aryshires, a few jerseys and a few shorthorns.  We also have a blue cow which is half friesian and half shorthorn.  I will share a photo of her in another post.

I am really into farming.  To get ready to go onto the farm I put on overalls over my clothes to keep them clean.  I wear purple leggings and my red jacket to keep me clean and dry.  I put on my size 4 gumboots and a beanie.

In my posts to come I will be sharing about milkings, school calves, how we collect the cows and calves, about feeding the cows and our different looking cows and calves.