Who is Hiding There?

We are heading out into the paddock again this morning to help Dad draft lambs for sale.

A game of hide and seek along the way finds something amazing.

Peek-a-Boo....who is hiding there?...... 

 

 It is a rosella sitting on her eggs...

There are alot of trees on the farm, and many birds and creatures live inside.

Trees that are very old and have lots of hollows make great places for nests for birds 

 

 The lambs we are drafting today are only 6 months old but they have grown fast.

 We draft the heaviest lambs from the lightest lambs. 

The light lambs are not quite finished yet, they will go back to the paddock to eat more grass.

The heavy lambs will leave the farm in 2 weeks. 

They will be going to the abattoir and then to the supermarket.

Open Shut Them

A day of moving stock in fresh air and sunshine.

The clover grows like crazy. 

While Dad rakes hay this morning, Mum and I are out moving sheep from paddock to paddock .

 Now that I am getting bigger I am able to help much more on the farm.

I am getting good at opening and shutting gates.

Some of them can be a bit tricky. 

The gates on the farm separate mobs of sheep and cattle.

It is important to always leave the gate as you find it, open or shut? 

 

What we GROW!

It is spring time on the farm and the grass grows like crazy.

All the animals are growing fat and healthy, eating long green grass and clover.

On our farm we have both sheep and cows. 

We have sheep that grow beautiful wool....and sheep that grow meat lambs.

 And cows that grow beef.

Both my Dad and Mum work on the farm, and my sister and I help out where and whenever we can. We both love to go mustering the animals. 

We always see amazing things.

Today Dad and I have seen beautiful rosellas in the gumtrees.

 Rosellas are my favourite bird

 We are mustering cows today. 

Old cows are being taken out of the herd to sell.

All the cows that are left on the farm are meeting the DADDY BULLS today, and they will make babies over the next 6 weeks. The babies will be born in nine months time.

 

Welcome

Would you like to know what happens 'down on the farm'?

Welcome to Farm Life with Erin.

This is our farm......

We will keep you up to date with all the things that happen on the farm.
 Along the way you will meet all my family. 
My dad Stephen, my mummy Alison, my biggest sister KT, 
my grandparents Oppy and PopPop 

 and me ERIN!