Our cows started with a black and white ‘Abby’ and as we added more with a starter herd from ‘Corfe Park’ in the South East (my Fathers’ cattle property) and bred an Angus herd by Artificial Insemination, Abby was the matriarch who oversaw everything- the births, where they grazed and who also ‘mooed’ for attention when they needed to move paddocks or if water was low. Alas she dropped dead of a heart attack at 24 years old.Calving each year is a delight. We feed out hay in a ring and the cows get very excited when feral olives are being felled as they love the foliage and fruit as witnessed by the amount of seeds in their manure! We breed these cows for ease of calving, quiet temperament and don’t need to give them any chemical treatments so they are sold only for breeding to good homes. We have got very attached to our girls who now have names, not just numbers, as each has a different personality……and this year we had our first set of twins.