It rained last night. Rained on my four acres of hay. I showed you the forecast didn’t I. Sun it said. But it rained anyway.(sigh.)
The daisies don’t care. 
DINNER! HERE PIGGIE, PIGGIE, PLONKER!
POPPY! What are YOU doing in there!
You are a naughty naughty girl. You can’t hide from me. I can still see you, you know.
I know, miss c. But they have such tasty food, miss c.
Poppy, the food I feed them makes them Fat. Fat pigs do not live long. Nor do they get to have babies. Now come back out here right this minute. Or I will tell Aunty Sheila.
But we want to play. Can we please play? Just five more minutes. Please?
Well, you can play until dinner time then everyone goes back where they belong. And no argueing. And no chewing on stuff you do not recognise. And no wandering off down to the creek. Ton is in charge. And if TonTon says No, then the answer is No. Don’t make me come back out here! I have writing to do!
Things are falling apart while I am working on the book. Your beautiful book.
I talked to the man at the mill and we organised a fresh feed – 21% protein – for these faster growing chicks. I probably won’t grow them again. They look like shabby crabs. And so delicate. I guess I just like a more interactive breed. These ones fall asleep with their heads in the trough! Many of you have said to take their feed away in the evening. I will. The man at the mill said that the cornish cross will literally eat until their hearts burst. Mercy. They get two feeds a day. That will have to do. I wanted to compare the breeds but I think I am done comparing.
But these really are the most glorious summer days. Not too hot at all this summer. All good. Barring the rain on the hay. Let’s hope that we do not get any more rain. It is worse when you get rain after turning the hay. So we are still in reasonable shape. Thunder storms are forecast for Monday and my hay man does not work on Sunday so it has to be baled Saturday. Today is Thursday (for those of you who cannot remember what day it is) we are cutting it close.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
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35 responses to “Had to happen”
I that a piggy mutiny on the farm? You ight need Boo to sort them out! 😉
Yeah we just got rain! Sorry Celi but we haven’t had a drop in over three weeks and it has been so bloody hot too!
Need to ask your advice – I have been giving my chickens stale bread and milk as a treat in the evenings. Now I have read that milk gives them the runs! So maybe I should stop? mine are layers not meat birds. What do you think?
I give mine milk every day, layers too.. never had any problems. Whey is better .. good protein..c
I love the photo of the two plonkers charging over for their food. They look like a couple of piebald tanks with bat ears, certainly a lot more heavy-set than the (comparatively) svelte Poppy.
First I thought the chicks look very odd (and as you say, unusually dirty) but then I realized I know nothing about meat breeds. I’ve only raised White Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, that sort of mainly-for-eggs bird. One of my favorite breed is the Jersey Black Giant, of which I have only one remaining hen now…the Queen of the Poultry Palace. They are gloriously shiny black, with big dark eyes…look more “bird” than “hen” if that makes any sense.
Good luck with the haying, Miss C.
They are cleaning up now they are on the fresh feed, got to wonder!.. c
I hope the sun shines and dries out that hay just beautifully and in time for the hay man. Time for a sun dance or two. Dress up in red and yellow feathers and prance around in the fields making wild welcoming gestures in the direction of the sun. The piggies are very entertaining!
Oh I can just hear that piggy conversation with you! And those plonkers will provide wonderfully for the freezer and Poppy will miss them! For my 4th of July wish for you, may the sun shine fiercely for the next couple of days so you will be able to bail . . . . hope you still will be able to have time for things yum for the Holiday, especially since TTT got home for that – fingers crossed 🙂 ! And wish I was with Viv in France . . . a lovely 35 C day would feel glorious at the moment 😀 !!
I hope you had time to visit Roger yesterday, since you and yours kind’of became ‘stars of the show’ 🙂 !!
Nightmare…we had the same unexpected thunderstorm after a hot sunny day yesterday, but we had no hay to keep dry. Nil carborundum…don’t let the bastards grind you down:)
That silly Poppy. Her youth is showing. The Plonkers are looking good. Love the daisies.
Love the action shots of the piggies!