There is nothing like getting to develop a brand for yourself. Especially one with a history that goes back over 7 generations. Here is a sneak peak at the logo Nighean is working on for us.
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Things have been busier then usual on the Cromwell Farm on Sheaffes Road the last couple of months: boundary fencing, pasture improvement, cattle grids and building a milking bales are some of the highlights. During all this we have managed to sell our first cows, well a Heifer and Steer […]
One of the challenges of having milking cows is that you need to milk them everyday and most often twice a day. That makes going away a bit of a challenge. If you are lucky like we are you have friends who are enthusiastic about helping you out. When we […]
The article titled “How Now House Cow” is a wonderful story about a family and their experience raising and milking Dexter Cows for both milk and meat. Don’t miss out on the full story on the Grit website which requires you to click through to 3 different pages. http://www.grit.com/Animals/How-Now-House-Cow.aspx Complements […]
Over the past year our house cows have had several homes and we have milked our girls in several different places–all out in the elements. With the recent addition of a single milking machine and two more Milking cows we knew it was time for some shelter. The timing could […]
Four Girl Dexter Stud has been contacted by the Dexter Cattle Association to see if we would be interested in showing some of our cattle at this year’s Primex. Primex is held annually at Casino, in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales and is considered as one of Australia’s […]
Four Girl Dexter Stud hit the road and made the big climb up to the Tenterfield table lands for their annual show. We were loaded up with plenty of gear for the 3 day show and brought along our Show Girls (Azalia and Whisketa) with hopes of bringing home a […]
Here is an excerpt from a great article in The Permacultivator – Journal of Cool Climate Permaculture written by Jill Cockram who alerts us to the problems of shrinking biodiversity and how to help. Larger Livestock Minority Breeds Rare and minority breeds of farm livestock and the value in preserving […]
With our first milking girl Condamine coming to her anniversary of milking and now in calf we will be relying on our Milking Cross to keep us in Dairy for the next few months. After that though we will be without a Dexter to milk and provide us (and our […]