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5:50 pm
21st April 10
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annmarie
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 I thought you would like to see Petal's new baby. She was born on the 26/03/10. Her name is Rosie. This photo was taken on 18th April.
She is half Jersey and half Aberdeen Angus.
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6:11 pm
21st April 10
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doreen
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What a bonny baby and I am so happy it is a girl……….
Because if she had been a boy, a big bullying boy what would have happened then.
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8:48 pm
21st April 10
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Ciderman
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Doreen it might have been a shy, sensitive gay boy!
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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9:17 pm
21st April 10
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Ciderman said:
Doreen it might have been a shy, sensitive gay boy!
I wouldn't have minded that.
I wonder who looks after them and if they eat the flowers in the garden.
Michael you have started something here…..Do cows have chromosomes? 
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9:56 pm
21st April 10
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Ciderman
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Yes indeed Doreen! Even X and Y chromosomes!
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
http://cidermannz.blogspot.com/
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6:44 am
22nd April 10
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doreen
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Thanks for the information Cider.
I am out this moring but when I come home I will start a thread
“ASK Ciderman — he knows”
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9:25 am
22nd April 10
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annmarie
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doreen said:
What a bonny baby and I am so happy it is a girl……….
Because if she had been a boy, a big bullying boy what would have happened then.
If she had been a boy she would have been called Sunday Dinner. |
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1:18 pm
22nd April 10
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doreen
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Oh Annmarie Sunday Dinner indeed…… I shall start laughing every time I eat my Sunday dinner.
I shall in future call Rosie—– Rice-pudding.
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3:48 pm
22nd April 10
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annmarie
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doreen said:
I shall in future call Rosie—– Rice-pudding.
Speaking of rice pudding, Petal's milk makes a super rice pudding.
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12:38 pm
1st June 10
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annmarie
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 Rosie out on the Green.
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9:18 pm
1st June 10
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Ciderman
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My word, she's got plenty to eat! As a farmer from 1968-1970 I know about these things!!
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
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10:02 pm
1st June 10
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Me.
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It may surprise you to know that when a calf is born it is perfectly formed with all organs and other part that would bring blushes should I mention them.
Many male calves are called 'Bobby' rather a nice name, I think some farmers are very unoriginal. The other male calves are given a rubber ring to welcome them to the world, which is very kind of the farmer. I believe this is a premarital wedding ring, for it involves the wedding tackle. 
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9:04 pm
2nd June 10
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doreen
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ME a male calf is always called “Sunday dinner” 
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9:19 am
3rd June 10
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Me.
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Doreen, I have heard them called lots of names, especially as they are being loaded on the Bobby truck.
Now for something good. I live in the heart of New Zealand dairy country, at calving time many calves are stillborn. All our local farmers donate the bodies to the local school and usually this will raise on average around $5000 a year for their funds.
I don't think the numbers will make any sense to you. I live on land divided off from a dairy farm, the farmer runs 600 Frisian cows for milking. He is only one of hundreds of farms in the Bay of Plenty, and 600 would be about an average number. The total number of cows in the area would be hundreds of thousands.
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10:24 am
3rd June 10
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Ciderman
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Which, Me, makes us the worlds largest exporter of dairy products, I believe.
When I did my stint on a mixed sheep & cattle station, my lambing beat was 1500 ewes. I got the lesser amount because I was the least experienced shepherd . Here I am!
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Civilisation is a veneer, easily soluble in alcohol.
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12:34 pm
7th June 10
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annmarie
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Ciderman said:
When I did my stint on a mixed sheep & cattle station, my lambing beat was 1500 ewes. I got the lesser amount because I was the least experienced shepherd . Here I am!
You have some amazing photo's. I've never seen so many sheep.
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5:47 pm
20th July 10
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annmarie
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Petal and Rosie are well. They seem to be coping with the hot weather okay but I think the flies are annoying Rosie.
I have to say Rosie is getting a bit fat. Whenever we see her she is laying down. They do say today that kids are getting fatter!
Petal is looking great. She has lost her weight and has her summer coat. She is much happier since her and Rosie have been let off their chains and can wonder around the green. Keith has put an electric fence up on about a 3rd of the green. It is so thin you would think it would not hold them in but it does.
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