C o w s C r e a t e

C a r e e r s

Team Green GrassTara and Catherine

Hawkesdale P-12 College

Contents Page S lid e 3 – Owners A nd M entors

S lid e 4 – Team Names A nd M embers S lid e 5 – Feeding Roster

S lid e 6 – Preparing For The Calves A rrival S lid e 7 – B uilding The Calf S helter

S lid e 8 – Calves A rriv ing S lid e 9 – The Calves

S lid e 1 0 – M aking The Calf M ilk S lid e 1 1 – Feeding The Calves

S lid e 1 2 – Cleaning Out The Calf S hed S lid e 1 3 – Weighing The Calves

S lid e 1 4 – Calves Leaving S lid e 1 5 – Thank-you

Owners And Mentors

O w n e r s :

The owners were B ruce and Ruth Johnstone

M e n t o r :

Our mentor was S arah S mith from Coprice Feeds

Team Names And Members

The Millicent Feedlot – Tim, Dylan, Nikky

Team Herman – B en, Joe, B rady Team Ruffkins – Taylor, James,

Ricky TJNS – Thomas, Nathan

Green Grass – Tara, Catherine MDSGMB – M elissa, S ophie,

M onique

Feeding RosterTeam Dates

The Millicent Feedlot 21st A pril – 23rd A pril

Team Herman 24th A pril – 25th A pril

Team Ruffkins 28th A pril -30th A pril

TJNS 1st May – 2nd May

Green Grass 5th May – 6th May

MDS GMB 7th May – 8th May

Weekend FeedingRicky 26th 27th A pril, 3rd 4th

May

P r e p a r in g F o r T h e C a lv e s A r r iv a l

W e p r e p a r e d f o r t h e c a lv e s a r r iv a l b y : learning how much milk the calves will need and how to make

the milk deciding on groups and organising a feeding roster

getting the equipment from the science room for making the milk

deciding on where to put the calf shed filling up the two feed buckets with powder milk and dry feed.Filling up one

of the buckets with the dry

feed.

Reading the instructions on

the milk packet.

The equipment used to make the

milk.

Building The Calf Shelter

W h a t w e u s e d t o b u ild t h e c a lf s h e d : half a tank2 gates

security netting star posts zip ties

Making sure

everything is secure.

Cutting a hole for the

entrance.

The final product.

Calves ArrivingThe calves arrived on Monday

21st A pril at around 12:00.

Calves eating on the trailer.

The calves settling in.

Getting ready to let the calves

out.

The Calves

Calf Number 1:Pudding

Calf Number 2:M ya

Making The Calf Milk

Measuring the water.

Mixing the water and

milk.

Measuring the powder

milk.

Checking the

temperature of the milk.

E q u ip m e n t u s e d t o m a k e t h e m ilk :

8 cups of milk powder 4 litres of hot water 2 litres of cold water

bucket whisk

thermometer cup

Feeding The CalvesWe feed the calves once a day which

was in the morning. They were also given dry feed and lots of water during the day. Calf Care Milk

Replacer was the type of milk given. The dry feed was supplied by Reids

S tockfeeds.

The calves

feeding.

Mixing the calf milk.

Filling up the calf feeders.

Cleaning Out The Calf Shed

To clean out the calf shed we used pine shavings and

barley straw. The pine straw was used at the back with the barley straw out at the

front.

Cleaning out the straw.

Putting more pine

shavings in the shelter.

The stack of barley straw and pine shavings.

Weighing The CalvesWhen we weighed the calves

Pudding was 96kg and Mya was 99kg. We weighed them with a

weight tape.

Checking the

measurements.

Weighing Mya.

Weighing Pudding.

Calves LeavingB efore the calves left we put

cardboard around the trailer to protect the calves. The calves left on

Thursday May 8th.

Putting cardboard

on the trailer.

Everyone with the calves

before they left.

The trailer after being covered by cardboard.

Thank-youWe would like to thank John Hutchinson and Deanne Kennedy from Jaydee Events

Pty Ltd for running the Cows Create Careers Programme.

Our mentor S arah S mith and B ruce and Ruth Johnstone for lending us the calves.