Hazell Mullins: A new gadget to help ease the spring-calving workload

The "seven weeks" of January feels very real this year, but I know my future exhausted self will look back on these few weeks as a wonderful idea, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins.

Hazell's new automatic calf feeder

Is this week the calm after storm Eowyn, or the calm before the storm that is springtime peak? It was a scary couple of days on Irish farms last week. 

Luckily, all the animals and sheds on the farm were unharmed; however, the same cannot be said for the beautiful 100-plus-year-old ash tree that stood tall at the entrance to the farm.