1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Somewhere near Hindes we find coal groves. Morning morning, are 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: you fifteen years ago? I can't believe it, since that 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: first big earthquake seven point one on the Rector scale 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: struck four thirty five am. Where were you? 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: I was in bed just north of Aki Northcai Road, 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 2: so not too far off the real center of it, 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: which was yeah, that's right. I actually yeah, it felt 8 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: like a train was driving through the house. 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: That was the sounded like a two. 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it just shook the hell out of the house. 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: The house is that you bring you we're on a 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: new conversion. And then my wife was aside of my 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: sister in law was in the next room. We also 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 2: woke up and went a few swear words with that 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: an earthquake, and I didn't even get out of bed 16 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: and went back to sleep. The middle it was pretty shetty. 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: Of course. I think the owner of the farm actually 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: drove up to make sure we still had a care shed. 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: I didn't even think about that. I think I was 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: just too taken aback for what happened. Yeah, of course, 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: but yeah we were unscathed, which is really good. Care 22 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: ship was fine here, this were fine. 23 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: What about the animals? Themselves. Did you notice any sort 24 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: of change of behavior from that? 25 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: The interesting thing was when the when the mess of 26 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: one hat price eats Later on, obviously, we were at 27 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: dart at Oxford of our other farm, and I was 28 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: in a peddock and just as it happened, all the 29 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: cares sat down. I'll I'll never forget that. Turned around 30 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: and I had my father in law stock truck and 31 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: it was shaking, but all the chares are sort of 32 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: step down when that's the safety move. I'm not sure instincts. Yeah, right, yeah, 33 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: so remember those days vividly. So. 34 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: Of course, fifteen years on and we're back into carving. Thankfully, 35 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: the ground is proving not as not as shaky entirely 36 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: end of things sort of has it all been going? 37 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? Really good. I don't think anyone can playing the 38 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: playouts really good. The weather has been pretty outstanding the 39 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: autumn we had. And then cares are cartling really well 40 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: into good condition. Calves are heapy, staff are heapy. 41 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: What's what preparation goes into this? Like do you need 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: to transition the cows onto a special type of feed beforehand? 43 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: Then for a baby bump message? 44 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, the cares come off winter feed, and you've got 45 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: I think we've got a lot better transitioning cares off 46 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: window feed onto grass. And then yeah, like I've got 47 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: a bit of technology. We've got ear tags that pick 48 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: up if they're not eating and temperature and stick. So 49 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: I've still have gone that way this year, which is, 50 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 2: you know, if you've got the data, you've got a 51 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: better use it. So if kere loocks off, you can 52 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: look it up and see what her temperature is and 53 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 2: if she's been eating or what she's been up to, 54 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 2: and then if she carves, her rumination drops pretty much 55 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: by half. So yeah, it's really cool that data. I'm 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: a bit slowly up tape on it, but I got there. 57 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, what's the daily routine look like in peak carving? 58 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: So my alarms four point thirty and then I'm down 59 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: the well we're living off farm moment? What we do 60 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: these house renovations. 61 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm down, don't change, Yeah, down to. 62 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: The farm by back called the five check the cares 63 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: that are carving in my life that I see calves early, 64 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: and then I'm at the cows. She'd pretty much sin 65 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: as We've finished it inside calves on most days and 66 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: then here picked up cows and calves and all the 67 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: rest of the jobs and back to milk and again. 68 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: Yeah right. I mean this might sound like a silly, 69 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: dumb towny question. Probably is is it messy work as 70 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: a bovine midwife? 71 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: It is that you've got to get in there and 72 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 2: help her out. You tend to have long gloves and 73 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: apron but actually touch wood. Are probably gonna drink myself. 74 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: We haven't had to help too many this year, which 75 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 2: has been really good. After you might get a head 76 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: that's backwards or a foot that's hadn't come out right, 77 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: and you're just got to help her get that sort 78 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: of But yeah, if you leave it too long, things 79 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: do get quite smelly and messy. Yeah, that's when you 80 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: call the vent.