Been relatively balmy these past few days, but have the next cold front expected on Saturday.
Bambi seems much calmer, I've been scratching her butt and rubbing her down during milking. I've been walking her to milking, can walk with my hand on her rump for awhile. She still takes off up the side of the new orchard, so I get some exercise getting her to the milk yard.
Have been rubbing lanolin with cow udder cream and essential oils on her udder and back teats. They're like hard leather and have cracks that bleed. Trying to get it healed. Got over 1/2 gallon today and her idder is softening. Seems she may just be a slower milker. She stands well, even when her grain is finished. Just doesn't like me unclipping her afterwards. Throws her head around and I'm careful as she could accidently break my hand. It's weird, as she allows me to take her collar to clip it to the wall, but the release is a lot easier yet she doesn't like it.
Put 5 of our cows oList and had 2 responses already, one for Pearl and one for Bambi. If they don't sell, off to auction. Need to book Doofus in at the butcher.
Dragged the hosepipes that need fixing down to the lower barn, and some of the good ones down to the milk parlour. Forgot to ask DH to loosen the long one still attached to the tap - I can't get it undone.
The 2nd pumpkin pie looked good, but DH doesn't think it's as good as the 1st one. Didn't really separate into the layers like it should have, and the top didn't "caramelise" as the 1st one did. So, the 3rd one I'll tweak - longer baking time at lower heat, and possibly less egg. Made 1
1/2 times the filling and it worked perfect, but went up to 5 eggs as I didn't halve one, but the crust was better, I blind-baked it first. He is a funny one too. I hand-whisked the cream to soft peaks, took a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g time, added a little sugar and vanilla essence as he wanted whipped cream with the pumpkin pie, and then he put dollops of it in his coffee, until it was all finished.
All in all, things are going rather well at Baie Klippe Farm.