Heytesbury Cattle Co. - The Bull's Head Bugle

PIGEON HOLE STATION (PGH)
With the year coming to an end, all of our cattle work has now been completed for 2021. Second round was completed at the start of November, with the guys out at camp for a week or so mustering and drafting. When they returned, our station horses went out for a well earned break, and the guys started on some repairs and maintenance work after the last of our supplement had been placed out.

We received 50 head of new Bulls in November which all look great, these have been put out with our joiner heifers. All Breeders around the place are looking healthy, with a lot of calves on the ground. Our weaners from this year are coming along nicely, gaining weight and looking good. We trucked our last lot of feeder heifers at the end of November.

We had 68mm of rain in November which has been a good way to kick start the wet season, with green shoot coming through quickly, this has helped improve the condition of the cattle. We have since had another 23mm. Streams and rivers have started to flow again, and the water holes along the Vic are now starting to fill as well. With some more rain in the coming months the country will really take off, and set us up for a good season in 2022.

The majority of our staff have left for their well deserved wet season break, most of them will be returning next year, along with a few new members to the team. Due to Covid we were unable to have our Christmas Party in Darwin, however, we all enjoyed a small get together here at the station with some games, and lots of fun was had by all. We'd like to thank all our team for a great year and the hard work that they have put in.

We have a few small projects around the homestead to complete over the next few weeks, as well as some repairs and maintenance work. Overall 2021 has been a great year for the Pigeon Hole team, and one that we have all enjoyed. We'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2022. ... See MoreSee Less

Heytesbury Cattle Co. - The Bull's Head Bugle

BIRRINDUDU STATION (BDU)
Since our last update we have been very fortunate to have received a total of 303mm of rain, mixed with plenty of warm weather over the last 10 weeks which has allowed pastures right across the property to really come away. We have also seen the Sturt and Maud creeks run a couple times and water holes to fill, which has been great to see.

We have been busy over the last couple of months dodging fires, storms and rain to finish off our second round mustering. We finished off our second round by branding and walking away the last of our second round weaners at the start of November to their wet season paddocks. Overall the herd at Birrindudu is in really good order, thanks to the pasture quality right across the board.

Along with second round mustering, the stockcamp have been busy running poly and installing new troughs for the new tanks that Red Rust Contracting installed. We have also been working on repairs and maintenance to plant and equipment, fencing, building new end assemblies around the property and getting our wet season supplement out.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to go to Darwin as planned due to Covid restrictions but we were able to enjoy our staff Christmas party up on the hill before most of our staff headed home for the wet season to enjoy a well earnt break.

We want to thank all of our staff for their effort and hard work this year and fingers crossed we all get to enjoy a kind wet season across Northern Australia. ... See MoreSee Less