Category: Treathro Cottages
We have spent many years on walking holidays around the UK and wanted to create what we consider the perfect place to stay.
Sheep scanning
29/12/2019
End of December and time to have the sheep scanned to see who is pregnant and who having singles/twins/triplets. Mixed lot of ewes this time, around half had lambs last time, the others new to it. Steve has a mobile unit which once set up enables him to scan them quickly and efficiently. The ewes...
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Rainbows Galore
18/11/2019
Such changeable November weather, torrential rain followed by blazing sunshine day after day, resulting in some absolutely amazing rainbows. ...
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Mineral Deficiency in the Cattle
30/10/2019
During our first TB test the vet noticed the cattle were slow to lose their winter coats and had a few pale patches. He suggested we had them tested for mineral deficiencies. We were surprised to find they were all short in copper, cobalt, selenium and iodine. This apparently is quite common in this coastal...
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Hoof Trimming
06/08/2019
We noticed that Nora, the Red Devon matriarch was limping a little and realised she had a split in one of her hooves, and one was slightly overgrown. On talking to others we realised we should be having their hooves checked fairly regularly so contacted a local cattle foot trimmer, Raymond from West Wales Hoof...
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Young calves
15/05/2019
It has been a great experience seeing all the new calves and lambs being born with very few problems. Let’s hope it is an omen for next year! We now have a total of 6 calves (2 bull calves and 4 heifer calves). We will be keeping all the calves for about 2 years...
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