LRB Dexter Stud in Glendon Brook, New South Wales, Australia | Agriculture
LRB Dexter Stud
Locality: Glendon Brook, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: +61 2 6577 6186
Address: 1207 Glendonbrook Rd 2330 Glendon Brook, NSW, Australia
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25.01.2022 Yesterday we had one of our cows, our oldest girl, Bella, and our new bull DAL Ember, recently registered, classified. they both scored 87, which our Classifier, Phil, said the score was something we should be very pleased with. It is actually the highest score any of our cows have scored, and all our young bulls, at the same age, or similar, have scored 87. A pleasing score. Our bull, Spliters Creek Just Cruz N, and Ember's father, at the age of 3, scored 88. We are feeling we are heading in the right direction.
22.01.2022 Just loving being at our place at the moment, it is looking so good, And so many things to be joyful for. At least Rowie our 4 month old heifer, Tiger Lilly's calf, thinks so. Everyone happy having had 74 mms so far! Our trees think so - as we have about 8 of these trees just blooming and gorgeous, as well as others showing off their individual beauty, in every pocket around the place. We have an amazing artichoke plant growing and growing. So delightful!
19.01.2022 Life is very busy doing fiddly things. Cold nights beautiful days. We have bought more silage to keep us going over the winter months. The cows are hoeing into it so I am just slightly doubtful that it will get us through til spring. We have 2 paddocks still to be eaten down so the combination of the fresh feed and silage will hopefully help us get through without the cows losing condition. They need heaps feeding their babies, who are growing well. Mums are looking just a bit thin after feeding babies for over a month.
19.01.2022 There are things to be sad about and things to celebrate here as well. Just on dusk last night something attacked and killed one of our Iso Brown chooks. No idea whether it was the crows that were flying around, or something else. However, as they say you have to keep going and farm life does not stop for anything. So I thought I would mention some of our joyful happenings. The wicking beds are at last finished and ready for the spring summer veggies going in. and we have our Moringa tree sprouting new leaves after surviving winter, wrapped in 3 layers of shade cloth and the stem waxed with besswax. It is a happy day to see it coming good. And we have Marcus's Jojoba tree sprouting shoots as well as the pomegranate and the apricot tree and heaps of others.
18.01.2022 Too cold tonight after real spring weather for a few weeks. I went out to check on the horses, and found the smallest mini looking very miserable. While all the horses were locked up in stables area, he was standing in the uncovered corridor getting wet. The others were in the stables. He was wet and cold and shivering so I had to dry him off and put his coat on. And then of course Charlie wanted his on as well. Wildberry was the only tough guy tonight.
18.01.2022 Last night was a challenge. Mother cows bellowing just as it was getting dark, and I can't find Neddy, Bella's baby. A nice quiet little fella, and there he is in my tree area that has been fenced off to protect them. He has never shown any tendency to wander off. He was keen to get back to Mumv though as it was getting dark, and I had to work hard to get both the cows and Neddy to co-operate. It took over an hour. I would just about get Neddy to the gate but then he fled bac...k down the hill to be as close to Mum as possible. In the end I was going to leave him in the tree section. Got him water, then gave him one more chance. I was able to lift the fence just enough for him to realize there was an escape hatch and he cautiously stepped through to where his mother was. Everyone happy! I could not believe it this morning when I found him in our walkway on the opposite side of our biggest paddock from where he had the dramas last night! We have a safety space between our neighbours cows and ours. I don't know how he got there, but it was a bit easier to be working in daylight rather than torchlight. It took over an hour again but I now have both Mothers and calves in Pen 1 which is relatively secure with newish fencing and gates. I am exhausted though! Ron will be working hard to sort out the fence down in the bottom paddock. See more
15.01.2022 After many hard months at the beginning of the year we are now enjoying the joy of the little patter of hooves again. Some photos of recent days / weeks.
14.01.2022 The wattle just blooming now. Glorious. Storms around but we missed the rain til much later. It has just passed. The ground is now lovely and moist for weeds as well good feed. I am hoping we get time to sow more feed.
13.01.2022 Well, we have our new bull, Ember. I did not think we would be doing anything after so many tough years, but Ron could not resist him. Full brother to Samson. He is 2 and 1/2 and not been handled much since he was young. There is a long story to go with this but suffice to say, he is a nice boy. He is red, and quite shy, when you go into the paddock with him. Last week he had a nose ring put in by the Vet. 3 minutes later he was happily munching hay. Now Ron wants to start training him but it will be a slow process. We are just getting him used to us, by feeding him and when he is in the crush scratching him and brushing him. Nothing scary in it at all for him or Ron, so far. He and the steer, Poirot, have teamed up and made friends, getting on very well together.
10.01.2022 Feeling grateful but a little sad. Our young cows, Polly and Penny have headed off to greeener pastures with their delightful calves, Becky and Remi, after being checked out by a lovely family from Stroud, on Saturday, and then picked up and taken to their new home on Sunday. I am hoping we can tell you more of their story as time goes on. But I was so busy getting everything organised, that I did not take a photo. Ron has one or two photos, so we will add to this when we can. They have settled well from all accounts. They have a delightful set up, with large shade trees surrounding their yard. They will be very happy.
07.01.2022 We have also been busy with other things. 1: Building wicking beds, has been another exciting learning adventure, as Ron has pulled down our gal tank whose top had rusted, then collapsed inwards, but still otherwise sound. A huge effort cutting , pulling, rolling securing then filling in the correct layers for it all to work, with some help fortunately for the really difficult bits. The first bed is up and running after a bit of trial and error. Still getting things together but we have some beans, onions, carrots, chinese green veggies, tomatoes, and basil growing as well as having our first spinach, and very snappy little radishes from the first bed in a couple of meals so far. The next 2 beds are slowly taking shape, as we ( Ron) tries hard to get our compost heap really pumping along, as we are going to need heaps.
