Taking Hainoa to the bull

Now that Hainoa has recovered from having the stillborn calf we decided that it was time to get her pregnant again. So we took her back to the same place as before, but a different bull this time.
It was quite an undertaking getting her in to the trailer. We failed completely on the first day we tried and had to try again the next day. With more success fortunately.

Shifty look - you ain't getting me in there!

EVENTUALLY we did get her in.

The Sebastien and Valerie have just moved to a new bigger farm. It is slightly closer to us or at least the roads to it are better. They have a fab barn which is all set up for cattle. They have something like 40 highlands

When we opened the door of the trailer Hainoa rushed out like a total maniac and a few moments later when Sebastien was trying to herd her into a small enclosure on her own by the bull went a bit mental and charged him. I was quite concerned for a second, but he managed to dodge and she maybe dodged a bit and wasn't actually trying to killing him. He seemed un-phased, I guess it happens from time to time if you have that many cows!

This is Angus the bull that Hainoa is visiting. He has broken one of his horns because highland bulls rub the base of their horns on trees and things to mark their territory and he managed to wear through it.

They have alpaca too

We went in to the field to visit various other cows

They all came running for the apples

This is Hainoa's mum with a calf a similar colour to Bear (Islay's calf)

This is Bear's dad, his name is Capi.

This is Islay's mum Griotte.

Hainoa will stay with them for about 2 months then we will have to go and persuade her back in to the trailer.
We are not quite sure how we are going to get Islay pregnant again as we couldn't really send her away with Bear. We can get her AIed if we manage to spot her in heat.