Jobs:

2019 lambing season

I assisted in lambing where I helped with the care of 1600 ewes pre lambing, whilst in labour, delivery and observation post lambing of both lamb and ewe before turning them out.

300 cow herd:

Milked three times a day in a 10:20 Herringbone parlour. The high yielders are housed indoors in cubicles where I would brush beds and put lime in, the low yielders were grazing outside in summer. They calve AYR and I assisted in heat detection, calving and then the rearing of the youngstock as replacement heifers. I was responsible for accurate record keeping, treating sick calves and heifers, vaccinating and maintain high levels of cleanliness around the farm. In the summer months I spent a lot of time fencing, which developed my tractor driving skills, I am now proficient with a post knocker and telehandlers.

This farm also had a small sheep enterprise consisting of roughly 300 texel x mule ewes, this meant there was lots of moving sheep, three strand electric fencing work and outdoor lambing.

________ & sons: November 2020 - august 2021

I worked on 2 of their units as a relief calf rearer, assistant herdsperson and a relief milker. I was assistant herdsperson on the 240 cow unit. The cows were milked through a 16:32 swing over twice a day. I would be responsible for both milkings, calving, feeding, bedding up and scraping 3 days a week. The second unit that I relief milked on was a 60 point rotary parlour milking 550 cows twice a day. Both units were autumn block calving, with self feed silage in winter and all cows grazed March to September.

********* farm: October- Current

Assistant herdswoman on a 200 cow unit, I was responsible for heat detection, drying off, grassland management and record keeping for arla 360 protocols and BCMS. Here I began my footrimming training and would like the chance to develop this further.

Work experience:

July 2019

Milking 560 cows twice a day on a TMR Ration, with approx. 900 acres of arable and grass land.