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Hello from Mrs Nichol.

I am a teacher at Hikutaia School.My husband is a dairy farmer.We have 400 cows that are milked through a 30 a-side herringbone cowshed.All our cows will be dry by Saturday.That means they will not be giving any more milk till they have their calves in July.From May until July is a quieter time for the busy farmer.We will have to buy our milk in town until then.

From Chloe.

We have got Jerseys and Fresian cows on our farm. On Sunday Dad put up a fence and we fed out hay and then we went to get the cows. We have 3 sets of cows. There are Fresians and Jerseys. I drive the motor bike and the trailer had 10 bales of hay on it. Molly the dog sat on the trailer. We found same caterpillars in the grass where the cows were.They were different to the school's ones. They were orange on their backs. One got on my back. It was only little. I let it go. It was small.

From Danielle.

I help my Dad milk the cows and I help him spray the teats and some times the cows kick. Dad smacks the cows and when we try to push them up into the bail they won't go up so dad has to walk right around the cows and push them up again.

From Liam C.

I am going to cross country and I like running. I am going to soccer. I like helping Dad milk the cows. We have 200 Jersey cows.They are light yellowy brown. The tanker comes and takes the milk to the factory. The cream gets taken out and the milk gets put in to containers and it goes to the shops.

From Glenn.

My Dad feeds out the silage by the fork. The cows like the silage. Dads cows are having their calves

From Emma.

I have five chickens and we feed them pellets and we feed them food scraps.

From Hilary.

My Guinea pig had a baby. (Not like this one!) I have named it Cuddles so now I have got three guinea pigs. My guinea pigs don't have tails. The mother guinea pig is called Nibbles and the father is called Blacky. Cuddles is cute. This morning we missed the bus so my Dad took me down to the river that has a big bridge and then the bus came and picked us up.

From Nakita.

I help my Uncle on the farm sometimes and we feed the calves. Some baby pigs are pink and are small. Calves are like cows but calves are small.

From Joshua.

On Saturday I went to soccer.The other Saturday we lost. We got one point. The other team got two points then we went up the hill to get a drink of juice and then we went home.This Saturday I am going to try and win a game.

Mum and I went to town. Mum got me shoes and socks and mum bought me some hand cuffs with a key. We went home.

From Kristy.

I help my Grandad feed the silage to the deer. I think he has 100 deer. The fences are high electric ones. He feeds the deer hay and they eat maize and sometimes they eat grass. He has some sheep too.My sheep is at Grandads.

From Ashley.

Mac the dog has big sores on his back. Bruce the vet gave us some tablets so he will get better.

From Mrs Crawford.

When I was little my family had "house" cows. These were two cows my Dad kept so we could have milk for our family.My brothers and I used to milk them by hand. The cows would just stand still in the paddock. I would sit on a small box and put the bucket under the udder. First I would wash the teats and then squeeze out the warm milk. It is nice to lay your head against the cows warm side on cold mornings! Sometimes my brother and I would have milk fights. We would squirt each other with milk straight from the cows teats. Our cows were called Darky and Squibby.