Spring is here in the South Island! Busy day getting our ducks in a row.

Calving is in full swing, shifting ewes and lambs onto better grass and vaccinating heifers all in one day.
#deutzfahr #spring #calving #canam #angus
My Name is Alistair Bird and My wife Genna and I farm on 'The Grange" near Oxford, North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Join me as I document our daily life bringing you the highs and lows on a New Zealand Sheep and Beef farm.
Thanks so much for watching.
Facebook: / thegrangenzbirds
Our on-farm accommodation is listed on Air BnB www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/20445220
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Instagram: Alistair Bird (@kiwifarmernz) • Instagram photos and videos
Mail: 211 Ashley Gorge Road, Oxford, New Zealand. 7495

[@user-jr3it2ys9b]

Hi i like your video

[@deedawson6074]

Love watching lambs have ‘Kindy’ time. Never gets old.

[@kiwifarmernz]

I agree, they are very cute.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed the video

[@nzagriculturecharlie8628]

GREAT VIDEO

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks

[@ruthsandersasmallfishingvi2889]

😊💕🌞

[@ritchiechristopher5603]

People wonder why farmers are fit !! Visiting south island a few years back we came accross cattle sheep and deer crossing main roads many times and my reaction was to always offer to help and not be impatient, mind I was brought up on a farm. Keep the vids coming, always enjoy watching.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks mate, it sure keeps me active. Thanks for not rushing through stock when you were here. Its a great help.

[@gavsfishing5461]

That's an awesome idea- a mustering drone, with dog bark, and flashing lights that form a snapping mouth!

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Alastair 👌

[@peterlloyd1434]

Great stuff 👍

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks Mate

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, Watching your Videos reminds me of when I was farming in Nth Canterbury with my Dad! I'm pretty sure you are farming the Grampians, which was about 20 km away from where i lived until 1967, Thanks for sharing

[@kiwifarmernz]

We are on The Grange which is just out of Oxford. Thanks for watching.

[@adriangough3640]

when you have the heifers in the race trim there tails ,it makes it cleaner and they are less like a mucky bull whip.
i know only to well the struggle of the calf that has not suckled, keep up the good work and vids.

[@matthewrutter7062]

Awesome work guys, great finish to the video too!

[@kiwifarmernz]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brentelizabethjames264]

Nice job team 👍👍

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks

[@chessman483]

We have a drone on our place to find the stock. Not because our place is big, but the grass was 6 ft tall in places when we first bought it. Couldn’t find them otherwise.

[@kiwifarmernz]

They are great for that.

[@regbyrne4237]

Success.

[@johnjordan4647]

Keep you fit drafting out the cows and calves up the hill Alistair 👍

[@kiwifarmernz]

Sure does.

[@nickdavis3177]

Great video stock looking good still looking wet up your way have you every through of putting bark down in your yards

[@kiwifarmernz]

It really needs a small digger in their to clean off all of the mud back down to gravel.

[@KiwiJim13]

Paddies hymac and his MB Volvo then lay some concrete the best investment I have ever made that and steel yards

[@phil6465]

Heifers can be a pain. It never ceases to amaze me when heifer and calf are in a 10ft x 15ft pen and she manages to ignore the calf.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Yep quite frustrating.

[@colinbannerman892]

Hi mate
Both those injections are subcutaneous not intra muscular.
I hope it warms up soon to dry up some mud.

[@gennabird107]

It's an extremely short needle, barely the thickness of cattle skin, I questioned him on that too 😆

[@oliverbrown3826]

Evening. Great videos. How big is your place and how much stock do you run.
We are farming sheep and beef in the UK

[@kiwifarmernz]

We are 625 Ha and lamb 1400 ewes and calve 110 beef cows. Thanks for watching.

[@cantwellron11]

How the new bull perform make more beef

[@kiwifarmernz]

The heifers are calving from a bull we purchased this time last year in one of the videos. He seams to have done a good job.

[@gabrielediehl821]

Bit of a different question, just curious about your Deutz tractor, how much horsepower and what are the pros and cons, would you buy another one ?? Just trying to figure out the different brands, farming similar stock in Manawatu, cheers Andrew

[@kiwifarmernz]

I love our one, its been great, its a 150 so a bit big but means we can pull loaded trailers up and down the steep tracks. Its just like any machinery, its only as good as your local back up and service. Our Local power farming is quite good. I would defiantly go with another one, just have to weigh up price per HP and deals at the time.

[@gabrielediehl821]

@@kiwifarmernz 👍

[@rabahboukhari]

I have extensive experience in managing livestock herds for more than twenty years and a work team specialized in herding consisting of five individuals, including a veterinarian and a group of dogs trained to herd. Is it possible to get a job with you?

[@kiwifarmernz]

Sorry we dont have any positions at the moment.

[@melissabaanders2751]

Thats when you need a dog...shell take her calf away