Not anything to earth shattering to report (except for the two earthquakes we had last night). Yesterday I gave my first injection to a cow. The heifer that we have been milking has a Retained Placenta, so she has been a bit sick. I haven't given to many injections during my time on dairies before so Steph walked me through it to give the heifer a shot of Penicillin in the muscle. It went pretty good (the heifer might think differently) and she is starting to perk up a bit now. When we give injections on the farm we use the MRS T rule of thumb; Mark the animal, Record the treatment, Separate out of the mob of cows, and then Treat her. This process helps to protect against a treated cow getting milked into the tank.
The majority of the last two days has been filled with many odd jobs around the farm. Yesterday all four of us filled 4 out of the 5 calf sheds with sawdust and fix up the gates in preparation for calving. Today I picked up a lot of rubbish around the buildings and in the yards, cleaned up the shop area, and scrubbed down equipment in the milking shed. Thats about the extent to what has been happening on the farm this week.
The majority of the last two days has been filled with many odd jobs around the farm. Yesterday all four of us filled 4 out of the 5 calf sheds with sawdust and fix up the gates in preparation for calving. Today I picked up a lot of rubbish around the buildings and in the yards, cleaned up the shop area, and scrubbed down equipment in the milking shed. Thats about the extent to what has been happening on the farm this week.
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