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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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A wee wander on the farmy. We won’t go far though.
Daisy has had quite enough of all the fuss about Mama and would like to remind us that she is pregnant too and due in a little over a month. The wind makes her tired. Even though she is a big girl. The wind was so wild yesterday that the guineas and the cats hung…
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