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The Farrowing Pen
When a sow stands up, or prepares to lay down, her piglets scatter to the walls or flatten themselves into corners so she does not lie on them or stand on them accidentally. Even a good sows is huge and lumbers about looking for food and watching out for danger. They do not watch their…
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Pigs. Sleep.
This morning I awoke to strong LOUD thunderstorms, pouring rain and strobe lightening that flashes on and on and a severe weather warning beeping on the phone. I merely note the severe weather warnings. They send them out for the most ordinary of weathers. It’s a thunderstorm. Not an extraordinary event. If I did not have…
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Last Light
Yesterday I was in a hurry so I shot all these images using my Iphone. But my constant companion – Phone – hates my laptop. No reason. Just fact. And if I say it often then enough surely it will become a fact? These pictures took 24 hours to appear in my email and…
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How to tell your cow is pregnant
A pigs Spring at one barn … Is a cat’s Winter at another. Cows are pregnant for nine months and one week. Though some breeds are a bit longer and we can go early and late. So the date is really only a suggestion. Look at Carlos the Tiny – the Dexter bull. He…
The Kitchen's Garden 