As the nights are drawing in and there is less to do in the fields John
has bought 20 calves to rear ‘on the bucket’. These are calves from
dairy cows which are surplus to requirements so we buy them in and hand
rear them. They will be fed powdered calf milk for the first 3 – 4 weeks
then graduate onto a milled mix until the Spring when they will go out
into the fields. These are friesian crosses but my favourites are the
charolais calves which look just like teddy bears!