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  • March 24, 2014

    Sunday Walkies

    Sunday Walkies

    All these babies wake up a farm from its frigid winter slumber much faster than the weather.  Even though we only just reached above freezing yesterday, still the babies all commanded attention and sweetness and good food. Even the biggest baby of them all our beloved Sheila. I have taken Poppy and her Bali Belly…

  • March 23, 2014

    Tired Mama. Tired Baby. Tired me.

    Tired Mama. Tired Baby. Tired me.

    Daisy was milked three times yesterday. All in all she must have given about 70 pounds of milk .  Still her udder is very hard and uncomfortable, but the mastitis I expected is not nearly as bad. I will keep milking intensively until all signs of infection are gone.  She is doing her best to…

  • March 22, 2014

    The Bobby is here at Last.

    The Bobby is here at Last.

    Every morning for the last 10 days John has pulled the 4am shift – he gets up that early anyway. I would check Daisy when I finished reading about 10pm, and when he got up to get ready for work in the morning at 4am, he would check her on the firewood run.  Yesterday morning…

  • March 21, 2014

    Poppy the little pig

    Poppy the little pig

    .. has proven herself to be a voracious eater, with a lovely friendly temperament  and plenty of gumption, even chewing down on her cabbage (sliced very small with a little molasses). With Sheila very loudly eating her hay next door as a ‘good example’. And being watched by a cat. Of course. There is always…

  • March 20, 2014

    The Runt

    The Runt

    While Daisy’s calf hides, growing fatter by the minute, (not too fat we hope).. though at the moment I have quite given up hope on a calf at all, is it a fantasy calf?  but there sure is milk! (larger breeds will calve up to 10 days later than the average table so being an…

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