We have around 20 Cattle in the Ennerdale Fold and the property can successfully carry 20 breeders on 80 acres mixed in with small numbers of kangaroos, wallabies and large numbers of Cockatoos. Ennerdale is significant in that we have used predominantly Artificial Insemination (AI) techniques in establishing and increasing the fold numbers. We find this gives us the best quality in our offspring this has given us an AI success rate averaging at around 80%. Ennerdale Heifers are joined at around 3 years old allowing them to grow out before they are in calf.
The Ennerdale show team is usually 2-4 animals and we have traveled up to 17 hours to get to a show. 2006 was a particularly good year for us as we won the Australian Highland Cattle Society’s National Show Supreme Exhibit with Seonaid of Ennerdale.
