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| Left side of a group of milkers | Centre of the same group | Right of the same group | ||
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| Louisa with Christopher (aged 2), and Emma (aged 4) in with the new born kids-"humanising" them. |
Weaned kids in the open fronted rearing pens, lots of air and space to grow on well. |
Young milkers eating their balanced ration, mixed on the farm, with the bulk fibre being maize silage | ||
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| For several days after birth, kids and dams are kept together in large pens |
Kids at two weeks old in separate accommodation and in small groups |
New Barn open to the spring sunshine | ||
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| Phil, the tanker driver, with his modern tanker - he calls alternate days to collect the milk. |
The tanker is hi-tec and records electronically the collection details. |
The refrigerated bulk milk tank in the background, with a back up tank in the foreground.. | ||
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A maize silage clamp - an essential part of the feeding system. |
Close up of silage in the clamp |
Milkers in early morning sunshine | ||
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