Francis Greenway High School

Ebonie Reeves, Gemma Taylor, Hayley Fraser, Karleigha Melmeth

Participating in this program, (our team)

us experienced many things caring for

them. It was a key which unlocked an new

experience for us and:

widened our doorway into our

career paths

Gained much knowledge through

research and practical work

IT OPENED A NEW EXPERIENCE

UNLEASHED ON OUR KEEPING OF

HIGHLY PRIZED DAIRY COWS

We where allowed to be taken out of class to greet the new arrivals to the

school. When they were taken out of the trailer they had a little look around

and said a little hello to everyone and even the newspaper, they were very

popular and everyone wanted to see them. They even had a suck of nearly

everyone's hands.

SAYING HELLO

OVERVIEW

On the Monday the 9th of May at 11:00am,

Francis Greenway High School received 2

Holstein calves from a farm in Gresford.

For the next three weeks it is the year 9

science extended class to take responsibility

of the two calves. We need to feed them

morning and afternoon, checking that their

water is clean, enough grain pellets to last

the day, and a cosy shelter for them to hang

out. We were very excited to have this

privilege and enjoyed getting out of class to

look after them, but were very upset to see

them leave.

Farmer

EbonieReeves

Hayley Fraser

KarleighaMelmeth

Our group The Creamy Devondale's

Gemma Taylor

WHAT WE HAD TO DO

We have participated in the ‘Cows Create Careers’ program for

several weeks now. The cows came from a farm from Gresford. In this program we were given the opportunity of a life time, the

opportunity to take care of two little Holstein calves. In this

program we had to take it in turns to make the powder formula

and feed the calves both in the morning and the afternoon before

school had ended. While feeding them the other people in your

group had to muck out the stall and place new hey down for them.

During this whole ordeal when had to work on the theory side of

this and create letters, posters, and PowerPoint on information we

had created.

FORMULA

As they Marline and Maltida grew, we increased the quantity of formula powder we

were giving them. This powder form was given to the cows through artificial tits

which are similar to the tits of the mother cows. We took into account to make the

formula similar to the formula as given when back at their home on the farm.

Begun by feeding the calves with two and a half litres of hot water and powder,

stirred together into a smooth mixture, then filled the rest with three and a half

with cold.

FEEDING THE CALVES

The feed came in the form of powder. Firstly, hot water had to be added to

the powder formula in order for it to dissolve into a liquid like form. The

quantity of their feed increased over the three week period as they gained

roughly a kilogram a day since their first measurement. The amount of the

water also increased to insure the mixture was consistent; the hot water was

measured with an thermometer and the water was to be 40 degrees Celsius.

The powder was measured with electronic scales. We found the

information on the outside of the package on how much water and powder

was to be which was given to us by the farmer.

ROSTER

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Moo

Moo’s

Creamy

Devondale's

Dairy Darlins Dairy Dudes Milkmen Anyone Anyone

Got Milk Moo Moo’s Creamy

Devondale's

Diary Darlins Dairy

Dudes

Anyone Anyone

Milkmen Got Milk Dairy Darlins Creamy

Devondale's

Moo

Moo’s

Anyone Anyone

MARLEEN

Name: Marleen, she is the smallest because she is

one of twins

Breed: Holstein

Current Weight: 66kgs

Personality: she is very boystress and bouncy but

also very skittish. She is playful, but when we first

had her she wasn’t feeling well with a belly full of

colostrum. But soon returning to full health.

MATILDA

Name: Matilda, she was the biggest out of the

two and was the one with the most white on her

coat.

Breed: Holstein

Current weight: 71kgs

Personality: Her personality was a lot more

friendly and brave then Marleen. She was a lot

cleaner . But was sometimes a bit of a bully to

Marleen, they would get along but after feeding

Matilda would always try to suckle Marleen and

bunt her.

MEASURING

We had to measure the cows with a special tape that would indicate and

educated guess on how much the calves weighed. We had to measure the

calves around their shoulders and have their head held high to make the

measurement more accurate.

THE GROWTH CHART OF THESE CALVES

SAYING GOODBYE

It was a very sad time for all of us.