We had a good old fashioned farming day yesterday. Mama and Mia were shifted into the rat house paddock, separated from the lambs now for a good while. Mia has gone for company and Mama because that naughty Meadow is still stealing a drink every now and then and Mama needs to be in tip top condition for the tupping. 
Mama decided that she would rather be worked by a dog than a pig though, much to Sheila’s surprise.
Speaking of tupping. The steer who is not a bull but still reacts to a heifer coming into heat has demonstrated for us that Queenie is indeed a fertile girl. I thought this was a funny shot as Queenie looks profoundly under impressed.
Anyway this is excellent news as there was some question about whether Queenie could indeed become a mother having been a twin. This steer was very very attentive all yesterday so I am feeling positive about my little Hereford Heifer. Though she is too young to be breeding quite yet. Another year for her, she is only one. The Big Bobby will be off for his ride in the trailer on Tuesday. He is going in a little early as we might be short of feed for ruminants this year if it is a bad winter, and also a number of families are getting short of feed in their freezers. So off he goes.
Hairy has a message for Laura. 
He has to wait until Mama has been flushed on the good grass, and also he has to wait for his collar and he is sure that Laura is behind it all.
Good morning. As you can see I am back to the Purse Camera, she is such a dependable wee thing but it is not the same. But the D70 is once more out of commission. I am now on the third memory card for the D70 this month and still taking the new battery in and out to get it to connect and a shutter that only sometimes clicks. And of course the latest card has been corrupted two days after I bought it and is not loading now. However it could be worse and I think I am getting closer to a solution. I just hate to give up on dear old Camera.!
More boring is that I am no longer receiving any notifications from the weblog pages I visit. Not for days now. None at all. So I am relying on your comments to give me the web addresses to pop back and forth and visit. Over the next few days if the fates are kind I shall visit and unfollow and refollow. It is very odd and unsettling. As though WordPress has decided I am finished. So leave me a quick comment if you think it will help me locate you.
I will find you all again one way or the other.
I am a little late in posting this morning as the internet was down when I got up and so I had to do the milking and the chores first, then Sheila decided to take herself right down the back at walk time and I had to bribe her to follow me home by feeding her tiny bits of bread every time she caught up with me, on the long walk back which was kind of amusing.
The other good news is that the Tall Teen has finally got his own drivers license and not having to drive him to and from school has given me back two hours a day.. Phew.
Have a lovely day. And thank you for reading yesterday.. that was one of our special days!
celi
There was not post on this day a year ago, but tomorrow’s is simply one of my favourites, I look forward to showing that one to you.
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Poor Queenie, she does look quite bored with the whole process. If this was successful how long until she gives birth? Springtime? Take care, BAM
Mercy no. He is a steer, (no .. um.. balls anymore) so he was just showing an interest, she will be properly impregnated next year! by a vet.. she is too little.. poor queenie.. c
Thanks for clearing that up.
I hope the camera and Internet are kind to you tomorrow. Despite their fussiness, it was a delightful visit here today.
Your resilience is astounding, Celi. With all the frustrations you seem to take into stride, I might want to ask John if we could trade places for a year. 🙂
As long as you have a couch and an endless supply of newspapers he would be happy to trade! c
I wasn’t very clear, Celi. Apologies. I meant, if I were in your shoes, I would ask for a switch for a while!
oh I see what you mean .. I thought you wanted to swap with john and come out to work on the farmy!!.. .. he is me on Sunday ..Sunday is my swap day except for the milking, he is still a little wary about the milking.. i don’t know why! c
Making the beast with two backs makes a lot of sense now! Re the D70. It may be past it and it would be worth looking at second hand Nikon D3100 or D5100 which I think you could pick up for around 350$. None of these cameras are built for hard use which is the problem with entry level digital cameras. The old film cameras were a hardier breed. You could use the old Nikon F, with a brass body, as a hammer and then take pictures. Good luck with all the setbacks. At least you’re not going for a trailer ride:)
You are right about the hard use, i found a second hand d70 quite cheaply which i hope to tide me over, (if it ever arrives) ..I want to be able to have something compatible with my lenses. And I so agree about the old film cameras. I have two beauts loitering in the camera drawer.. c
Celi, if you are not getting notifications I am pretty sure the posts will be in your reader. When you click follow it puts the post in your reader, not your email. Hope that helps. Also is it common if a Queenie is a twin she could be I fertile? Also on the tall teenager- I thought he was there for the summer. Is he staying on longer? You know my planned year here as Queen of the Hamilton mountain is extended. It’s nice that they still need me! Oh oh..rattling on way too long. Stop reading! You have work to do! Luv!
I have had some issues too, with the notifications and reader…..at least it isn’t just me!
Love the life on the farm!
Happy to hear that Queenie was so attractive! Very interesting that her fertility was in question due to her being a twin.
Blogger refused to put up my comments yesterday although I tried three times! Will try again, just to test it out.
I mean WordPress! Musn’t malign the wrong party.
thank goodness you finally got through.. now i shall pop over and see what is happening in NZ!! c
What a day. WP does have a problem with the notifications.
The air is cooler and breezy so the new unmannered overly large still-a-puppy is wild.
I’m trying to read and catch up on blogs- and reading about the farmy.
– and we live in a neighborhood with NASA people and astronauts, the space shuttle on top of the carrier plane (on it’s final trip before being stuck on the ground in CA.) is flying very low – right over the house and down the street.
What a contrast. How strange the world is.
Enjoy the day!
You are having your share of problems, aren’t you? I just heard that another large Camera company is about to fold. Where are cameras being repaired? Not all of us can afford to buy a new camera every time something is wrong.
I shudder to think that the WP problems have returned. I still have over 200 posts to read. If WP has failed to notify me of some, I’ll never catch up. I hope by now at least your internet is back to normal. And maybe it’s time to stop playing Barry White in Queenie’s pen.
Ok i will turn it off now.. c
I believe Celi you will NEVER loose any of us – ever! I have been absent from the computer and with 92 G Mails waiting me I made it really easy. I went to you. I’ll work my way through the rest but I needed to go to The Farmy. To check the fields and barns, the cupboards and shelves, to return once more to this magic place that fills my heart with such joy. Virginia
I wondered where you were.. Look after yourself darling girl.. I shall pop over and see what you have been up to!
c