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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Heat Exhaustion
We had three of the meat chickens die of heat exhaustion yesterday. They had water, they had shelter but I was off the property for a few hours buying supplies, then we treated ourselves to lunch and did not see them go down. By the time we had got home the wind had turned and…
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The joy of new food
One of the rotations for the workers of the Farmy is the Kitchen Mama day. (Some of the other responsibilities are, Swine Herd, Water Boy, Chicken Handler, Milk Maid, Gardener, etc) With the Kitchen Mama (gender has no influence here, whether woman or man they are Kitchen Mama): for a whole day one worker takes…
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You take your foot
No matter where you go. You take your foot. Yesterday I kept feeling a wee prickle in the sole of my foot. It was almost a subconscious annoyance. For a while I moved my foot about in the shoe, taking it in and out as I worked and then without thinking about it too much, because…
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Guardian Pig
We tried to get Sheila my big tall, long, not too fat Hereford Pig to go for a walk yesterday but she was having none of it. She is a big lass and not too young and was feeling the heat. Though I was grateful for the windy heat as it was drying my hay. But…
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The First Cut.
The grass hay is down. All of it. Gulp. I saw a window of warm breezes in the weather pattern, with low humidity, so I took a risk and had my hay man mow the first cut of the grass hay. We have even more cows this year, and I do not feed them grain, so we need lots and…
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