Paula Hynes: Storm Babet increases the workload

While it is all well and good to be investing in public transport, building cycle lanes and putting infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, the reality is our country is only catching up on that work which should already have been done prior to now.

Now the cows are broken up into three groups, with the fresh autumn calvers in one section of the shed, we have another shed across the feed passage that holds sixty cows, and the rest in the main shed.

Well, it has been a busy week, we certainly had to hit the ground running after a great weekend in Millstreet. Having unpacked and all the show heifers settled back in at home, it was time to turn our attention to getting everything organised to bring the cows in with the forecasted storm Babet. 

It certainly didn’t paint a pretty picture and bringing the cows in was the only option. With the cubicle sheds all power washed it was just a matter of giving them a quick brush and liming them. Now the cows are broken up into three groups, with the fresh autumn calvers in one section of the shed, we have another shed across the feed passage that holds sixty cows, and the rest in the main shed. It’s an easy enough set-up once you get back into the routine. Cows are always slow for the first few days until they find their bearings, but to be fair to them, they are a great bunch and are happy to be in the dry with their bellies full.