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Arkorup Home Grown Family farmlet, heritage breed chickens, home grown produce & plants in the Great Southern, WA

The dam is looking happy! Every time I've pulled up the net, I've found an egg laden female 💗
30/09/2026

The dam is looking happy! Every time I've pulled up the net, I've found an egg laden female 💗

Apparently he's helping.... World's second most annoying goat 'Chopper'
11/08/2026

Apparently he's helping.... World's second most annoying goat 'Chopper'

Signs I look for that give me confidence that our grafted calf is feeding adequately ....Milky face - you can see here t...
09/08/2026

Signs I look for that give me confidence that our grafted calf is feeding adequately ....

Milky face - you can see here that she has milk and milk fat coating her face, where it rubs up against Belle's udder 🐄

Zoomies - Seeing her with good energy levels and playfulness tells me she has lots of reserves and she's feeling good!

Growth - Looking at her against Belle's side, I can definitely tell she's getting bigger, plus, her body condition is good, she's filling out. I'm also keeping an eye on Belle's actual calf and monitoring his condition too - he certainly hasn't missed a meal and also looks great. If I'm ever worried that they're growth is lagging, my first port of call is to increase Belle's feed

Belle's udder - Even with a calf on, her udder is usually always huge, her back 2 quarters (teats) sit lower that her front ones so her calves tent to feed less on them. Now, each teat is getting fully utilized and her udder does fill and then all quarters look really drained

09/08/2026

Cattle update! Some new faces in the mini herd

25/07/2026

Not much changes...

25/07/2026

Here we are, only 5 days after her mother died unexpectedly and our orphan has been fully accepted by her adoptive mother ❤️

At 2 days old she found herself very thirsty and very confused - thankfully my incredible milking cow Belle had a bit of milk spare and loves a bucket of feed enough to let this girl feed alongside her own month old calf!

It took a few days of close supervision and patience, and a load of feed but we now have completely independent demand feeding 🎉

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