All seen at the beginning of my walk snuffling up the acorns amongst the oak and holly trees. I rescued one animal which had got its head stuck in between 2 branches. Later on I saw them all back in the corral eating the grass stubble. It does not look very appetising, are they getting sufficient nutrition from it?
Hi Carole
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post, and well done for your rescue efforts! Re nutrition, as you know, you lovely lookers and also our team here will keep an eye on the condition of the animals over the winter months. If we do notice their condition starting to drop off at all we will give them a mineral lick to supplement their nutrition, or ultimately move them on to graze elsewhere if necessary.
They should still be fine for now but thank you for your work in keeping an eye on them and let us know if their condition starts to drop, or also if you or any others need a refresher on doing the condition checking. There is also some useful info on pages 4-6 of this document with some photos to give you an idea of what you are looking for. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69371/pb6492-cattle-scoring-diary020130.pdf
Thanks
Susanne