Browse through our blog posts to find out what life is like at Hoe Grange Holidays along with some great ideas for days out in the Peak District.
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TB, or not TB, that is the question!
February 27, 2018
Animals, Cows, Derbyshire, Farm, Market, Peak District, TB testing,A few days ago our herd of suckler cows underwent its annual routine TB (Bovine Tuberculosis) test. This is an anxious time for any livestock farmer, as it can have devastating consequenses. The TB test involved shaving two small sites on the cows neck, then measuring and recording the skin thickness at both sites.The vet then injects tiny amounts of deactivated TB virus of 2 types, 1 is bovine TB and the other is Avian TB. The cows are then left for 72 hours and the skin in the 2 sites is measured again. If there is a thickening of the s...
A day out at Bakewell Market
November 25, 2016
Animals, Bakewell, Cows, Derbyshire, Farm, History, Local, Market,To market, to market to buy a fat pig, home again from Bakewell market, jiggety-jig! Our holiday guests love to see the calves running around the farm fields with their mothers in the Spring, but let's not forget the farm animals are here for a reason. Ours is a beef herd and the calves grow up to be 500kg of glorious Derbyshire prime beef. As the "suckler" cows graze freely in open fields we sell our young animals at about 16 -20 months old before they are fully grown. They then go onto specialist finishing units who feed them up and put the...
Spring has given way to Summer and we thought you might like to see just how much our farm animals have grown in such a short space of time! Our little Golden Top Bantum dutifully sat on some eggs for 21 days without a break and was rewarded by 3 of the 5 eggs hatching - one with a little help from David! Just seconds old with wet feathers - but mother hen soon warms the chick beneath her fluffy feathers and hey presto all three chicks look all cute and fluffy just a day later! The chicks are now just 6 weeks old and look at the differe...
#Farm24
August 21, 2015
#farm24, Animals, Birds, Cows, Derbyshire, Farm, Food and drink, Free range hens, Horse Holidays, Horses, Lambs, Peak District, Tourism, Tractor,On the 20th August 2015 hundreds of British farmers recorded their day with video and photographs to help the general public understand how wide and varied the work of a British farmer is. What were we up to at Hoe Grange that day? Take a look at our #farm24 and see! Checking all are present and correct...... and all are with their mummies.... even if their mummies are not really their mummies. Time then for a little tractor work, mowing off the overgrown grass so fresh grass can grow in its place. Not forgetting to look after our gu...
Living the green dream
February 12, 2014
Awards, Building, Cows, Derbyshire, Eco, Farm, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, self catering holiday, Tourism,David and I are feeling like celebrities as we have been featured in The Derbyshire magazine as part of their "At home with" series - two double page spreads with glossy photos explaining how the decision to diversify our original farming business with the addition of self-catering log cabins has led to the creation of one of the top 20 green tourism businesses in the UK. It was exciting being interviewed and David was able to explain that building log cabins was originally an idea his father had over 50 years ago, but he was refused planning ...







