Cows Create Careers Powerpoint
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C o w s C r e a t e
C a r e e r s
Team Green GrassTara and Catherine
Hawkesdale P-12 College
Contents Page S lid e 3 – Owners A nd M entors
S lid e 4 – Team Names A nd M embers S lid e 5 – Feeding Roster
S lid e 6 – Preparing For The Calves A rrival S lid e 7 – B uilding The Calf S helter
S lid e 8 – Calves A rriv ing S lid e 9 – The Calves
S lid e 1 0 – M aking The Calf M ilk S lid e 1 1 – Feeding The Calves
S lid e 1 2 – Cleaning Out The Calf S hed S lid e 1 3 – Weighing The Calves
S lid e 1 4 – Calves Leaving S lid e 1 5 – Thank-you
Owners And Mentors
O w n e r s :
The owners were B ruce and Ruth Johnstone
M e n t o r :
Our mentor was S arah S mith from Coprice Feeds
Team Names And Members
The Millicent Feedlot – Tim, Dylan, Nikky
Team Herman – B en, Joe, B rady Team Ruffkins – Taylor, James,
Ricky TJNS – Thomas, Nathan
Green Grass – Tara, Catherine MDSGMB – M elissa, S ophie,
M onique
Feeding RosterTeam Dates
The Millicent Feedlot 21st A pril – 23rd A pril
Team Herman 24th A pril – 25th A pril
Team Ruffkins 28th A pril -30th A pril
TJNS 1st May – 2nd May
Green Grass 5th May – 6th May
MDS GMB 7th May – 8th May
Weekend FeedingRicky 26th 27th A pril, 3rd 4th
May
P r e p a r in g F o r T h e C a lv e s A r r iv a l
W e p r e p a r e d f o r t h e c a lv e s a r r iv a l b y : learning how much milk the calves will need and how to make
the milk deciding on groups and organising a feeding roster
getting the equipment from the science room for making the milk
deciding on where to put the calf shed filling up the two feed buckets with powder milk and dry feed.Filling up one
of the buckets with the dry
feed.
Reading the instructions on
the milk packet.
The equipment used to make the
milk.
Building The Calf Shelter
W h a t w e u s e d t o b u ild t h e c a lf s h e d : half a tank2 gates
security netting star posts zip ties
Making sure
everything is secure.
Cutting a hole for the
entrance.
The final product.
Calves ArrivingThe calves arrived on Monday
21st A pril at around 12:00.
Calves eating on the trailer.
The calves settling in.
Getting ready to let the calves
out.
The Calves
Calf Number 1:Pudding
Calf Number 2:M ya
Making The Calf Milk
Measuring the water.
Mixing the water and
milk.
Measuring the powder
milk.
Checking the
temperature of the milk.
E q u ip m e n t u s e d t o m a k e t h e m ilk :
8 cups of milk powder 4 litres of hot water 2 litres of cold water
bucket whisk
thermometer cup
Feeding The CalvesWe feed the calves once a day which
was in the morning. They were also given dry feed and lots of water during the day. Calf Care Milk
Replacer was the type of milk given. The dry feed was supplied by Reids
S tockfeeds.
The calves
feeding.
Mixing the calf milk.
Filling up the calf feeders.
Cleaning Out The Calf Shed
To clean out the calf shed we used pine shavings and
barley straw. The pine straw was used at the back with the barley straw out at the
front.
Cleaning out the straw.
Putting more pine
shavings in the shelter.
The stack of barley straw and pine shavings.
Weighing The CalvesWhen we weighed the calves
Pudding was 96kg and Mya was 99kg. We weighed them with a
weight tape.
Checking the
measurements.
Weighing Mya.
Weighing Pudding.
Calves LeavingB efore the calves left we put
cardboard around the trailer to protect the calves. The calves left on
Thursday May 8th.
Putting cardboard
on the trailer.
Everyone with the calves
before they left.
The trailer after being covered by cardboard.
Thank-youWe would like to thank John Hutchinson and Deanne Kennedy from Jaydee Events
Pty Ltd for running the Cows Create Careers Programme.
Our mentor S arah S mith and B ruce and Ruth Johnstone for lending us the calves.