Saturday 25 January 2014

Autawa Farm

 
Welcome to Autawa Farm - Tarata NZ our new home
 
 
the house sits down below the hills - Mt Taranaki in the background
 
 
 
 
 
A walk up the track towards the middle of the farm and you can still see the mountain 
 


2 1/2 year old killing bulls 1of 75 killing bulls on the farm  
 

 
grazing ewes and lambs - 700 ewes and 900 lambs

 
rising 2 years olds in calf grazing heifers - running with service bulls

 
inquisitive heifers !
 

 
18 month steers - one knocked me down on boxing day.... he's dead meat !
 
 
paddock sub divided with multi wire electric fencing 

 
Burger bull....
 
 
track running up from the house and implement shed
 
 
ewes escaping through hole in line wire fence, lots of repair work for Mark
 
 
few more pushing through

 
almost through
 
 
Frank has his eye on the ewes escaping 
 
 
top of the bluff paddock in the middle of the farm
left to right
Tyne, Mark, Rage, Flo, Frank

 
looking down to road boundary on south eastern aspect of the farm
 
 
fence line damaged by service bulls

 
Mark completing a temporary repair
 
 
8 line wire with electric top up


 
fingers crossed the wires not too brittle
 

gingerly tensioning the line - may break
 
 
temporary repair completed

 

 
looking down to road boundary on south eastern aspect of the farm
on to neighbor's property approx. 2km from us
 
 
ewes and lambs prior to weaning
 
 
Tyne with a watchful eye on the lambs
 
 
wild flowers on bank in lane way
 

 
Hay Paddock by roadside - will cut and put back into rotation
 
 
ram paddock behind the house
 

 
mustering all the ewes and lambs for weaning - all through the farm and down the laneway
 
 
being pushed up by Frank 1 of our heading dogs
 
 
awesome looking lambs
 

 

 
being pushed down the lane way past the implement shed below the house



 
being pushed into the paddock below the house


 
ewes and lambs over spilling into the paddocks down to Autawa Road
 
 
 
Hope you enjoyed.. more photo's to come  xx
 

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