Duxbury Tree Farm

Our next fundraiser will be held the weekend of December 6th and 7th at the Tree Farm on Route 14 in Duxbury.  Please email mary.hunt@verizon.net with the time you will be available to work.  Everyone is asked to bake some holiday cookies and plate and wrap them in groups of 12 so that they will be easy to handle and sell in the cold weather.  Dress warm!  If you can, wear a fun Santa hat!  The working schedule will be posted on Wednesday evening. 

Farm Meeting and Helping out at the farm with the Girl Scouts.

Saturday's meeting at 8:30 am.   Please bring your Green Dairy book if you have one.

Novice information and activity:

Identifying the breeds of calves.
Review breed information sheets.
Fill in Dairy Breed Summary.
Name 3 of each of the O’Neil cows that match Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Guernsey

Junior information and activity.   (Novices will work with the Juniors)

Review Identification methods on page 9.
Identify a calf by sketching both sides of the animal. page 8
Show and explain to the novices the ear tags.
Demonstration on tatooing a calve. **awaiting confirmation

Review problems that can occur through inproper cleaning of ear tag/tatooing equipment

Experienced Junior and Senior information and activity.

Scoring a Cow’s Body Condition
Dairy book 3 pages 5 - 7 and supplemental body scoring information from Purdue University.
Each girl pick one cow and prepare a score card for it. Review score cards with each other.

Please be at the farm this Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3:00 pm to help out with the dairy demonstrations for a Girl Scout visit. 

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The newest Jerseys

Acorn is the one with the collar. Jill is due any day.

Sophia's Calf

Here is a picture of Sophia's calf.

New Calves at the Farm

Welcome to:

Sophia's new female calf born yesterday -- to be named.

Autumn's new female calf Acorn born this afternoon.

Bittersweet's new bull calf born this afternoon.


The pictures are of Bittersweets calf and Acorn. My camera was out of batteries so I'll get more tomorrow for ya'll.

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Great Morning at the Farm

Thank you Megan, Sabrina, Sidney, Hayley, and Tory for helping out with showing Sara, Sarah, Casey, and Sophia around the farm. Some of the calves are really caked with dirt so when ya'll go out there spend some time with the wire curry comb and try and brush some of it off. Beefcake really needs some work.

No new calves --- Autumn and Bittersweet are due this week.

Remember -- records are due soon. Add your information from the fair and community service work from the O'Neil Farm day, Marshfield Farm Day, and anything else you've helped out with.

Next Meeting: Monday, Nov. 10th.