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.
Roof Repairs
30/03/2021
One of the drawbacks of having such a lovely old farmyard with all the old buildings is that there are a lot of old roofs and we live in a very windy part of Wales! We have had to reroof one area and found that the roof on the barns due to be renovated (at...
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Pregnancies confirmed!!
23/12/2020
Tim came out of the cows at the end of September having been in with them for about 3 months. The cows cycle (called bulling) about every 3 weeks at which time they are fertile (for a brief few hours!), so he had plenty of opportunity. Before he was taken out there were no more...
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Haylage
20/12/2020
During the summer when we had more grass than we needed we managed to get two cuts of haylage. The cut grass was left in the field to dry a little then baled and stored in black plastic liners. Over time this ferments resulting in highly nutritious haylage for the cows, which we feed over...
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The Dairy
08/11/2020
It has been a very odd year for holiday bookings in the Dairy, when we have been allowed to do so we have had lots of visitors all of whom seem to have loved staying here (as we have loved having them). We have had to make a few changes inside in line with government...
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Hoof Care
07/11/2020
We now have annual hoof checks on the cattle, as they get older their hooves can get overgrown (rather like toenails) making it uncomfortable to walk impacting on feeding. This can be particularly difficult when they are heavily pregnant or indeed for Tim to perform his duties! We use West Wales Hoof Care who this...
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