Fredag d. 19. april skulle der arbejdes med køer og kalve. Der var kommet omkring 50 kalve, ud af 80, men fordi såningen var lige om hjørnet, skulle kalvene øremærkes nu. Først skulle alle køerne ind i fangefold og skilles fra kalvene, derefter fik køerne tjekket øremærker, inden det var tid til at koncentrere sig om kalvene.
On fridag April 19th it was time to work a little with the cattle. We had had about 50 calves out of 80, but because seeding was about to start, we had to get the calves eartagged now. First of all we got all the cows in the yard and got them seperated from the calves. Then we checked all the cows eartags before it was time to concentrate on the calves.
Der var kommet nogle hjælpere i dagens anledning - så vi var os to, Pat (chefen), Sean (chefens søn) og fire af Seans fætre; Colin, Kolton, Justin og Chance.
We got some helpers on the day - so we were the two of us, Pat (the boss), Sean (the boss' son) and four of Sean's cousins; Colin, Kolton, Justin and Chance.
Alle havde hver sin opgave - da Helle lige skulle lege fotograf, overtog Kolton hendes job, som kalve-wrestler.
Everyone had a job - since Helle was taking a few photos, Kolton took over her job as a calf-wrestler.
Pat holdt styr på øremærkerne, Sean satte øremærker i, Colin vaccinerede, Kolton kastrerede, Justin og Chance holdt kalvene, ligesom os.
Pat sorted out the eartags, Sean put in the eartags, Colin was vaccinating, Kolton castrated, Justin and Chance was holding the calves, lige we did.
In action :)
Sean sætter øremærker i.
Sean is eartagging.
Resultatet - en masse fine kalve med nye øremærker!
Da den hårde del af arbejdet var overstået, var det tid til at fejre, så Sean inviterede os alle sammen hjem til ham, hvor vi spiste og skyllede støvet ned!
The end result - lots of good looking calves with new eartags!
The hard part of the job was done and it was now time to celebrate, so Sean invited us all back to his place, where we had dinner and celebrated with a few cold ones.
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