I think we were at approx 36 months when Nina was going us about 5L a day at the end. She was pouring all her energy into the calf and production slowed right down. We gave her a full 6 months of dry time pre calving. I thought we'd just leave the calf all the milk but her udder is absurdly engorged. We are mostly milking for her comfort.

I agree completely. All ours have names and get treated with care and compassion their whole life. We make an effort to create a space where each can fully express their instinct and be safe. I'm sure the next generation of chickens will bring you as much joy.

I'm so sorry 😔

It sounds like she had a very happy life for a chicken. ❤️

Nina did it!

Without any help a little heifer calf born early morning 😍

We've named her Judy. She's the fluffiest little thing, is strong and doing great!

#homesteading

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The AI agent I use most frequently now signs off replies with heart emojis and I'm so here for it!

❤️💕

She sure is. Her calf is going to be a cross and we are pretty excited to see how it will turn out.

We will be missing the next one but might try for Beechworth.

Me too! Honestly she's just the best ❤️

This is Nina 🐮

She came to us nearly 9 months ago as a cull cow from a dairy.

They couldn't get her in calf so she was going to be removed from production.

They tried several rounds of artificial insemination and had her in with a bull at each cycle but had no success. The day before we picked her up she was seen to be serviced by a bull but they were certain it wouldn't take.

We got her really cheap with a couple of days old calves thrown in for free (these calves are removed from their mothers to ensure milk production for the dairy and were to be destroyed along with Nina)

She was putting out 20L of milk a day when we got her and at that point and the calves were a great help in sharing the milk as we started learning all about milking, care of a house cow and dairy production on the homestead.

We were told she's a moody cow at times and that she's not a particular friendly girl.

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Well Nina did get in calf from that bull and has maintained the pregnancy really well. She's started showing early signs of calving soon so we are eagerly awaiting our first calf on the homestead.

And this will be the first calf that Nina gets to keep and mother herself.

There is lots to be excited about here at the moment.

These girls make us laugh every day! Improve your life... Get a goat 🐐

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At our fortnightly cards night with the neighbours tonight the first hour was a Q and A on #bitcoin.

We gave them a copy of b is for Bitcoin weeks ago and they've been reading and taking notes of questions they have.

Quote of the night from our loveable boomers. "Ok but it's well over a hundred grand now so it not just internet play money and it's time to pay attention"

I think I'm a USDA zone 10.

It's a zone 4 in Australia units which seems to convert to a 10 or 10b. Mediterranean climate with really dry summer and wet winter.

I grew all the tumeric from 2 risomes in my green house. It too about 5 months from planting to harvest and I think if I left them longer Id have gotten more yeild.

Ok so I grew a bunch a tumeric!!

Now what do I do with it???

#foodstr

#homesteading

Congratulations you have a cat now!

They look happier than mine do at the moment!

Reporting back in. Best tortillas ever thank you for sharing! I'll make them a little stiffer now that I know what texture I'm aiming for.

This is so much simpler than what I was doing before and tastier too.

I'm going to try oven roasting to make tortilla chips too.

Me too!!

Ok so I made the dough today. I this I probably added a bit too much water as it's a fairly sticky dough. Looks a lot like low hydration bread mix at this stage. I did 2:1 flour to water and a blob of starter and a good wack of salt. I think I'll try to make it a bit of a stiffer dough next time but I'll cook this batch up from tomorrow and see how it goes.

It hasn't stopped in the last nine days!! Nearly 80mls so far this month.

Looking forward to the recording

It's been raining so hard that our sheep are snowy white again now that all the dust is washed off. 🤩

That feeling when you had to stay outside in the driving rain because you had a fresh roo bone but now you are very cold and tired.

#dogstr

Do you know any dad jokes?

Ah a recipe I can understand 😆

I was talking my partner through a recipe the other day and he was like "ok but what is 'a good amount' of olive oil?" 😆

💯 Unpaid work is work and arguably the most important work.