The life of Molly and Chocolate

This is chocolate

she is the smaller of the calves a Friesian heifer, she has

a distinctive white love heart on her forehead, at the

beginning of her visit she weighed 33 kilos and by the

end she was at a healthy weight of 50 kilos. We fed her

with Norcovite milk powder twice a day.

This is Molly

she is the bigger of the two calves a Friesian heifer, she

has snow white fur legs, at the beginning of her visit she

weighed 32 kilos and by the end she weighed a healthy

weight of 43 kilos, 7 kilos lighter than Chocolate, we

also fed her with Norcovite milk powder twice a day.

Norcovite Milk Making Procedure

• For 2 calves

• In a bucket, place 250g of Norcovite Milk Powder

• Put 5 litres of water to the boil

• Add the boiled water to the powder and mix

together thoroughly

• Add some cold water to cool the boiling milk

• Fill both feeding bottles evenly

• Making sure after the feeding process has been

completed the bottles are washed and sterilised

• This procedure should be repeated twice daily

This is our weighing system and scales that are placed

under the crate to give and accurate weight for each

cow. The cows were weighed once each week for 4

weeks to make sure they were maintaining healthy

weights.

Housing Area For most of their stay Chocolate and Molly

stayed in a little confined space where they

were fed ,weighed and slept, on rare occasions

they were let out onto the grass to have a run

around and explore

Good Times

The average cow's temperature is 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

A cow can't vomit. Her intestines can get up to 170 feet.

Her liver weighs 10 to 12 pounds, and the kidney's average 20 pounds each.

On the top front of their mouths, cows have a tough pad of skin instead of teeth.

Cows have a total of 32 teethCows live to on average 6 to 7 years.

Cows give 60 lb. of milk a day.

A cow spends 13 hours a day lying down and up to 8 hours a day eating.

A cow is full grown at three years old, and produces milk at two years old.

Facts about Cows

Careers in the dairy industry Food Processing and Manufacturing

Packaging and Handling

Distribution and Retailing

Market Research

Product Development

Food Quality Management

Dairy Farm Management

Nutraceuticals

Transport, Storage and DistributionSupport Services

Laboratory Testing and Quality ControlFactory Processing

Personal CommentJacob

During the time caring for the calves I enjoyed feeding and weighing

them. The calves' growth through the

month amazed me to see how much it grew during the month. I loved having them

here.

Personal Comment Chloe Throughout the 4 weeks

that we looked after the

two calves I thoroughly

enjoyed taking care of

and feeding the animals.

They were very

interesting to me and as I

live a city type place I

have never related to

farm animals because I

have only had a dog and

the two animals are very

different to each other. I

thoroughly enjoyed the

experience.

Personal Comment Julian

I really enjoyed interacting with the calves and feeding

them.

I really enjoyed the experience of

weighing them, this was a fantastic

experience (except for the leavings!)

What We learnt

~ How to mix up Palastart and make it into milk

~ How to feed the calves

~How to weigh the calves

~ How to care and respect animals

~ Understanding of their behaviours

~ Their likes and dislikes

~ How to take care of them

Made By Chloe Daly,

Jacob Coiacetto and Julian

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