Saturday 23 February 2013

Highland heifers

Yesterday I decided to move three young heifers away from the cows and put them in an adjacent field we call 'over the wall'. This was easy enough if not time consuming.

The heifers were penned, pushed into a livestock trailer and driven to the next field. Of course they were not happy at this separation from the rest of the herd and made a fair bit of noise so as their displeasure would be noted. But I was immune to this tactic and assumed they would settle down soon enough.

 This morning, much to my surprise, the blighters were along with the rest of the herd having obviously escaped from 'over the wall'. Now this will not do at all, as they are growing fast and our new bull may fancy a bit of underage procreation.

So, only solution, as we have we only have a few fields, is to string an electric wire along the top of the fence that they jumped. And if that does not work, then I'll try something else.