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What to do when your puppy brings you rat poison
After your heart has sunk. And you have reached into his reluctant mouth and carefully lifted the offending little brick of poison over his teeth and out of his mouth. We were visiting a friend and it was one of those moments when you are chatting and not watching the dogs as closely as you…
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More peacock eggs and big bellies and sleeping cats!
I wonder if peahen eggs is the correct term or peacock eggs. The egg may contain either. It seems the peahens are laying again. Or at least I have found one of their more recent nests. (With a chicken egg in it just for good measure.) The peahens are being very good at staying out…
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What you need to breed a cow without a bull
To breed a cow without the actual bull you need frozen semen. Well of course you do!! This gadget. The semen is in a small straw that fits into the end of this, once it gets through the cervix the semen is gently released into the uterus. And to get that far you will need…
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Walkabout the Farmy between Storms and a Piggy Anniversary!
I love that word: Storm. It has such weight! Such potential. Such compassion when it storms above your head but does not break it. And such callousness when it does. The dogs and I walked the perimeter with Camera House between squalls yesterday to see what you might see and the benefit of all this…
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Wild Storms, Electric Shocks and Back Doors
I fully intended to have this written and ready to post at dawn this morning as usual but then the weather had other plans. The electrician did not come to turn our power off yesterday but a nasty storm did. A very nasty storm. Two more inches of rain and horrendous white out winds. We…
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Rainbow at the end of the Farmy
The Big Dog still rules the verandah with a firm hand. While the peahens still sneak about avoiding their motherly duties. Thank you for all your excellent ideas for hatching the eggs safely. Giraffe has her own little private run now. Shortly after I took the shot below I threw some grain into her run…
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