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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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The Piglets have Arrived!
Sometimes I have a dozen pictures but yesterday because we took three hours out of the day to collect the new piglets the work became hurried. And I just forgot to take photos. 🤭 But our first group of piglets have arrived and they are great! The piglets are all very active. One just started…
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Turning Up The Heat
And then my friend R found us some pigs. We have families to feed and one of them is hers. And she is a local with a huge network. She heard back from an old friend and she said come get them tomorrow. Tomorrow is reorganizing day at her hog facility apparently. It will be…
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Great news!
Good morning. Another fine clear morning has announced itself and another hard but satisfying day behind and ahead. Haymaking I have two thirds of the barn sorted and up to date. R is coming today to work with me on the West side while I load another 100 bales into the East side. Here is…
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The Best Little Mother Hen
This was a tough weekend. Hay making is always hard work. Almost a lesson in perseverance. Pushing through. And it takes a while summer to get in shape when you are a lady of a certain age. We have to make hay. Feeding the animals from our own land is critical to the bottom line…
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Grumpy WaiWai
No piglets yet. And probably none coming. That is how I am thinking at the moment. I am waiting on one more breeder to get back to me. We may have missed our window again. But – ah well. The Chicks Still doing well! Here is a still from their video going out on TkG…
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Baby Birds in the Mail!
All the tiny birds arrived. And all the tiny birds are gorgeous. After two full days of travel they arrived us great condition. The ducks are, of course, perfect! There are five. Very shy. Two downy yellow and three brown and black. I have no idea what their feathers will be like which is kind…
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