A hatch, a match and a despatch!

Last Saturday we had a very emotional day!  First of all, I helped Mark calve a cow who needed help.  Luckily the cow and calf were both fine and healthy so we left them to "bond" in the pen for the rest of the day.   A quick visit to our parish church at lunchtime to see a lovely new bride and groom emerge and travel by pony and trap was the "match" of the day.  Then unfortunately, our lovely terrier dog, Polly, who was over 13 yrs of age, died on Saturday afternoon, so we found ourselves burying her in our garden. She was the despatch!  So a hatch, a match and a despatch all in the space of 4 hours.  Farewell Polly, rest in peace my darling friend.

Lady Shamrock's claim to fame

Well here we go, this is my first attempt at a blog from our dairy farm in Somerby. We are one of the very few dairy farms still going currently, and even through the hard work, we are proud of our business! I am hoping (through the delights of technology!!), this blog will enable all of you to understand as well as enjoy stories from the farm.

All in all, we have 120 cows, along with 15 adorable Ayrshire calves we are hoping to rear for the future. My husband Mark, who was earlier called Mike on the local radio station (keep reading for that story...), is the farmer who milks them twice a day.  I basically faf around and keep the business afloat in the office department, walking the cows across the road after milking, feeding baby calves and scrapping out when needed along with anything else my husband bosses me around to do.

 Very exciting news this morning, one of our cows, Lady Shamrock, made her claim to fame on the local radio station due to sporting a QR code!!  Here she is with her newborn calf.  Take a look at the website www.thisisdairyfarming.com to check out her views!

Now got to go, as 29 visitors are due in an hour on a farm visit, oh good its just started to rain again!
Keep reading for more tales from a farmers wife.