6.30am: My alarm goes off and I grab a coffee and wellies and head to the yard. I usually follow the same routine 7 days a week, unless I am checking the labour ward and have to get up earlier. Last week for example, I headed out at 4.15am when we had a cow starting to calf and a heifer calf was born at 5.10am.
6.40am: I start milking goats and feeding goats that are currently milking. Our farm has been in County Down since 1989 and has approximately 80 animals on farm – goats, cows and poultry.
7am: I feed dry stock kids (animals that are not producing milk) and any calves that need fed on milk. The kid goats drink 2 litres of milk – it’s made up of fresh milk, goats milk, hay and meal.
