Welcome to the Caesar's Camp Lookers' Blog: Saturday 27th 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!

Saturday 27 July 2024

Saturday 27th July - All 25 seen

Fifteen of the original Caesar's cows were at the cow shed at 09:40 this morning. Most were actually in the shed, where they were relaxing and chewing their cud. Cow 940 was lying down, resting. Older steers 21 and 35 were both grazing on the far side of the little wooden bridge. Yearling 270 was grazing at the back of the cow shed, but he soon came round and said hello. The cows were all happy, relaxed and looking well.

The seven Sussex cows were spread out grazing around ///ticking.scars.stated at 10:20. Most preferred to graze under the trees or in the thicket to keep out of the warm sunshine. They were all friendly and came and said hello. Cow 211 enjoyed her usual back scratch. Steers 197 and 210 were also both very friendly. By 10:45, the cows had started to move into the trees to the northwest near ///toys.clip.blotches where they started to lie down and relax. They were all good.

I was walking back to the cow shed and had reached the area near ///back.planet.pest at 11:00 when I heard some mooing in the distance. I went into the wooded area to investigate and soon heard more mooing followed by the thundering of hooves. Yearling 271 came running up to me and stopped. He was absolutely fine but appeared a title lost. He stayed with me for a few minutes before mooing loudly again and running off through the thicket in the direction of the cow shed. I had a look in the surrounding area and found steers 21, 30, 33 and 219 plus cows 72 and 940 all alone but well spread out grazing in the thicket. When I reached the cow shed, cows 214 and 234 plus steers 220, 227, 228, 230, 270 and 271 were all inside. Older steer 35 was still grazing on the far side of the bridge.

I walked back up to the area around ///tapes.nest.caring and the cows slowly started to come together and graze just after noon. Steers 20, 217 and 222 made an appearance from the southeast and one by one joined them. The other nine cows wandered up from the cow shed and joined them around 12:20. The cows were all fine, but I've no idea what caused a number of them to leave the cow shed and become spread so far and wide.

The cows were all good today.