March Report: March 2025 at Bonnie Glen was about one thing and one thing only… BABIES!

We kicked off March with a surprise from the storks as our beautiful silver dun cow Peach welcomed a handsome, healthy bull calf we’ve christened Paddy (AKA Paddy Melon – we have a bit of a food theme).

Over the last month we’ve watched Paddy grow from just a wee babby to a cheeky little nugget that his mum is constantly losing - echoes of ‘He’s over here Peach!’ resound around the glen. Paddy is particularly special to us at Bonnie Glen as not only is he our first calf to be born on the farm, but he was the result of artificial insemination to the strapping, champion bull Dawson Arrow of MacAnLeister, which is where we think he gets his exceptional good looks – not that we’re bias at all.

As if the month couldn’t get any better, the middle of March brought more baby news with confirmed pregnancies from not one… not two … but three of our girlies! We are pleased to announce that our stud bull Fionnghall the Frisky has been busy at work and our lovely ladies Boo and Butterscotch will be bearing his mini-me’s this Spring. Not to be outdone by Fionnghall, our on-farm AI team has also had success with our very polite little lady, Lily-Jay of Kalinda Road confirmed pregnant to the late great Jock of Cullerne. This was our team’s first attempt at AI and we are ecstatic to report a 100% strike rate.

Look out Fionnghall you might be out of a job soon. The team tried their luck again with AI for our miss congeniality of the fold Ruby Rona of Redleaf (as it turns out Fionnghall sees her as more of a friend). Results to be confirmed in April’s report.