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Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 15 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well plenty of water for the ducks now Rob. I take it that most of your grazing is now underwater, and possibly a bit more from what Dpack has been posting. Thanks for the picture.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 15 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The lowest field is completely covered, but they've got a fair bit of higher ground. The floods in the Derwent haven't been as severe as the Ouse yet as there's been less rain in the Moors than the Dales.

This field is very low lying but is surrounded by a flood bank and has a hump in the middle so in light flooding it can fill and empty without affecting the other half. However when it does go over the bank the water has to filter out though the peat so it takes a lot longer to go down.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 15 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Always interesting to hear about how you graze the floodplain fields.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mistress Rose wrote:
Always interesting to hear about how you graze the floodplain fields.


Thank you - I'm pleased to know that someone is, this corner of Yorkshire is often overlooked by travellers as they pass through.




dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nice snaps. might there be the clatter of tiny hoofs fairly soon?

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There are, Buttercup has just produced, though I've forgotten now the sex, but it's definitely black.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well if you know it is black at least you can identify it at a distance and the other cows probably know which is more important. They seem to be managing well with the partially flooded fields, but I suppose they are used to it.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mistress Rose wrote:
Well if you know it is black at least you can identify it at a distance and the other cows probably know which is more important. They seem to be managing well with the partially flooded fields, but I suppose they are used to it.


I have it written down - it turns out that it was a heifer.

The cattle manage alright, but the main thing is that they're small and don't damage the wet ground, unlike larger breeds.

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 15 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

they always make me giggle when they scamper into the new forage .

well done buttercup

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 15 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That is important for the ground Rob, and the main reason that cattle are frequently taken off the fields in the winter round here. Glad you now know that it is a heifer.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 15 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:


Another calf born early this morning, this time a grandaughter of dpack & alison's cow, Elm (and daughter of the cow in the pic on p13).


And here she is now;


Barefoot Andrew
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 15 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That top pic is a great pic
A.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 16 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Here are a couple I took on New Year's Eve, the first are a group of swans that took up residence in the field at Bubwith, and the second is the flooded woodland next to our grazing at Thornton;





Rob R



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 16 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

For Nick...





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PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 16 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just for a moment I thought that top one was mahoosive rather than two.

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