Welcome to the Caesar's Camp Lookers' Blog: Thursday 6th July

Emergency Procedure

If you need to report an emergency to us such as injured or escaped livestock or damaged infrastructure please follow this procedure:

Call the office on 01256 381190.
If no one answers, wait for the answering message which will detail the name and mobile number of the member of staff who is currently on call.
Phone the on-call member of staff who will then respond accordingly.

NOTES:

Please do not phone a member of staff directly unless you know they are on-call.

If you are unsure if a particular situation qualifies as an emergency then please phone the on-call member of staff anyway so that they can make the decision on how to proceed.

Most importantly of all – please do not report injuries or sick animals via the blog alone – always call the emergency on-call contact.

Thank you!

Thursday 6 July 2023

Thursday 6th July - All 19 seen

The six youngsters and two yearlings were all found happily grazing in the area around ///lucky.planet.jolt at 17:40 this evening. I was just checking them when cows 214, 215, 227 and 234 showed up from a south-west direction. The newbies edged closer to the others, and there was a lot of looking at each other and a little mooing by the whites. The four newbies soon wandered off through the bracken in a westerly direction.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the seven older cows slowly wandering down the path from Longbottom towards Horse Pond at 18:00. The youngsters and yearlings all gave up on their grazing and followed the older cows. They were all walking single file, at the edge of the path, being led by cow 72. The four British Whites had joined the back of the line.

All nineteen cows got to ///goes.launcher.saved where they stopped and spread out. There was a little bit of head rubbing at this point between a couple of the youngsters and a couple of the whites. The four newbies quickly left and wandered off into the birch trees at the side of Horse Pond. The original fifteen walked on to the south bank of Horse Pond. Most started to relax and chew their cud before having a drink from the pond.

Just after 18:10, the British Whites emerged from the trees and started mooing as they wandered to the north bank of Horse Pond. The group of fifteen were watching them, but they kept resting and chewing their cud. After about fifteen minutes, the cows started walking round the bank to stand under the shade of the trees at the side of the pond. Youngster 217 decided to paddle through the pond to get to the trees.

The group of four whites remained on the north bank of the pond. They started to relax and chew their cud. Slowly, cows 215, 227 and 234 lay down very close to each other while cow 214 remained standing. They continued to relax and chew their cud until I had to leave them shortly after 19:00. They were all fine.

The cows were all good on this interesting evening. Apologies for the even larger than normal update 😀.