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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Sorry about the Bare Bottoms.
I got my wish yesterday and we had a lovely calm simple light filled day. Mary’s Cat and Minty shared a moment. Mary’s cat is desperate to make friends. Though most of you will remember the pictures on this page, when Mary’s Cat first came as a tiny stray kitten. Minty is such a precious…
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Slumber party piggies
When I went to check the piggies in the morning yesterday they were nowhere to be found. Then I heard a grunt and a head popped up from below the straw. I have been saving old hay and straw for months now for their bedding and it had ended up ridiculously deep, about four foot…
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Minty and the bloat
Bloat is a terrible killer of bottle fed lambs. And before I go any further Minty did pull through so do not panic. You know if something does go seriously wrong like that I will tell you in plain language. But I was horrified… … when I came back from the Old Codgers, to find her…
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Back to work – Piglets are coming tonight!
It is funny how when we are focused on a big event, like the birth of the lambs, this event becomes very clear in your head and everything else goes really fuzzy. Now all of a sudden it is Friday morning. Two piglets are being delivered this evening. We are raising these two with a…
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Indulge yourself! One day old Lamb Triplets.
Mama and her three lambs are doing well now. Though we had a fright in the afternoon yesterday when Mama started limping badly. Then would not get up to feed. You will remember that she has a chronic problem with inflammation in one of her hooves. Being down meant that she was not feeding her…
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New Lambs: Meet Minty, Meadow and The Murphy
I posted your page yesterday morning then pulled a sweatshirt over my nightie with yoga pants underneath, dragged on my gumboots and popped out to check Mama again before beginning the mornings work. I walked into bedlam. There were four lambs born. Two flat out on the straw and not moving and two struggling…
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