Strathspey Holiday Homes

Interesting and informative day with the Scottish Agritourism Monitor Farms Programme and . Excellent, open, and honest speakers.

A bit less stormy today , plenty more firewood

When you chat to the vet in the morning and say calving is going well. Then she's back in the afternoon to do a c-section! Mother and calf doing well. Multi-tasking photo here, me holding phone, while Lucy vet answers another emergency and Jane vet extracts the calf assisted by

Midday boost from . Made by the Commander in Chief herself

Out with the old and in with the new. A wee update in Birchbank for Christmas.

Due to cancellations, 2 summer weeks have become available. 24th June for 7 days and 29th July for 7 days. Only availability we have till November . Don't miss out. Pm for details, before we release them with the letting agent .

Lovely note from Stanley and Harry after they came for a look round the farm, and then had a run in the tractor. Thanks to their Mum and Dad for the Cairngorm Brewery refreshments, which will be enjoyed after calving 😁

Some of our last visitors had never seen proper snow. Although I think that -15 degrees was a bit extreme for them!

Birchbank late cancellation. One week available for the October break 8th - 15th.

Just across the field from Birchbank is our wildflower meadow, that we sowed in the old walled garden. Lot's of good stuff for the birds, the bees and other beasties🦋🐝🐞🪳

Calving started last weekend. Had a week of fantastic weather for calves being born. Another 8 weeks to go, if our visitors want to see one being born 😁

Some pics of our bathroom refurb at Birchbank. Quite pleased with how it turned out.

Lovely message and a lovely box of chocolates from our visitors last week.

Last minute cancellation!
16-23 October, now available

3 weeks available in Birchbank! Be quick!

Due to cancellation of a family visit from overseas, we have available,
28th August until 18th September,
in Birchbank. Perfect for exploring the Highlands in late summer. Or just sitting in the garden and watching the wildlife.

Our calves are enjoying the warmer weather. Soon be time for them to go outside. Just need the grass to grow.

Happy Monday! Minus 7 but this calf doesn't care. Nice and warm in his bed.

Busy day in the calving sheds, 5 cows calved today and we only had to help one 😁. Got our big calf from last week to suck his mum. She's still too big and heavy, to stand up for long, so she sucks lying down! Still likes her bottle from Sam too though.
Nice coloured heifer calf out of a Simx cow to finish off the day shift.

We know our visitors like to see calves being born. This young bull calf needed a bit of help into the world last night. One of his legs hadn't come forward, so Sammie had to help me pen the cow and pull the leg straight. It was a pretty easy birth after that.
We have just given him his first feed of colostrum as he's not quite able to stand up yet. It's essential that he gets the colostrum as soon as possible after the birth as it contains antibodies that will protect the young calf from disease.