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Jane Howard explains how it’s freedom at last for the cows exiting their winter barn shelters Hooray, it’s turn out time. Been a long time coming but at last the grass is beginning to grow and the ground has dried up enough to put the cattle back out in the fields. And it’s always one of the best days of the year. I keep a farm diary of what’s going on – and have done since we bought Coopers Farm in 1999 – which records that they all came into the barn in early November, so you can only imagine how good it must feel to run free again. First out are the cows and calves who charge round and round, kicking their heels in the air, bellowing and snorting as they stretch their legs for the first time in months. And for the calves its even more exciting, as they have never known freedom or appreciated the joy of having four legs. They usually form a posse, stick their tails up in the air at 90 degrees and just run and run till they’re completely exhausted. It’s wonderful to watch. Next out are the maiden heifers, the best females which have been selected from all those born in 2021 to keep for breeding and are now ready to join the main herd. Cows have a very structured social hierarchy, so the fourteen cows that shared a barn over winter have sorted out a strict pecking order and the arrival of four new heifers is cause for great social unrest. The big cheeses in the herd – say numbers one to ten – will be little bothered by the arrival of these younger newbies, but for numbers eleven to fourteen it spells trouble and there will need to be some serious argy bargy (referred to as bunting) while these lower orders sort out a new arrangement. The arrival of the bull in the field in a couple of weeks’ time will be greeted with surprisingly little interest as he never gets to join the pecking order and is simply seen as an outsider who serves only one purpose and little more. They usually form a posse, stick their tails up in the air at 90 degrees and just run and run till they’re completely exhausted. It’s wonderful to watch. After the cows and heifers it’s the turn of the yearlings – the heifers and steers born in 2022 who will spend the summer in fields some way off behind the church in Stonegate. This is far enough away for the bull not to catch a whiff of any bulling (in season) young heifers – which would require further investigation on his behalf – and they can all just get on with munching grass and growing fat and glossy. So all that’s left in the yard is Bill the bull, but, as mentioned, not long now before he goes out with the cows and then it’s just the show team. These are the cattle that I have picked out to cosset and prepare for the <strong>2023</strong> show season – a cow and calf, a two year old maiden heifer, a yearling heifer and an older bull, George. They are all on special diets to bring them to peak condition for late <strong>May</strong> (the wonderful Heathfield Show) and nothing is too much bother. Buckets of feed are proffered twice a day, or less if it looks like they are getting too fit (cattle parlance for fat), they are walked up and down the drive to brush up on their ring etiquette and then Richard the foot trimmer comes up from the West Country to give them all a trim, resulting in perfectly manicured hooves. Of course George and the girls don’t really see the point of all this and just look forward to the end of June when they too can run out in the fields and snooze with the sun on their backs – and, after the spring we’ve just had, who can blame them. Find out more about daily life at Coopers Farm by following Jane on Instagram @coopersfarm priceless-magazines.com 102
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