Category: Farm Animals
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You know the saying :
If you have live stock you are going to have dead stock. I know that is the way of it. But I hate it anyway. Sadly the huge teenage mutant turkey gave up the ghost. With its badly formed wings and massively long legs it was more stalk than turkey. But was very sweet tempered.…
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Chicks arrive Today
And I was worried about it being too hot! It being August and all. The traveling chicks might be too cold! These chicks will be grown for R’s freezer. Her families will be well fed this winter. After chores today I am going over to a friends pear tree. He has lots of windfalls arriving…
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Never Wrestle a Pig
There is a lot of mud in the pig pens now. A LOT of mud. I was reminded of a pig wrestling quote in an opinion piece yesterday and laughed out loud! Not something I often do when reading the political news. “Never wrestle with a pig because you’ll both get dirty and the pig…
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How to Manage Your Day for Maximum Efficiency
Well, don’t ask me! Make a list then watch the day chew it up and spit it out!! First with a good old fashioned storm! Shelf cloud I believe. An inch of rain yesterday and another inch pouring down right this minute! We are getting a lot of rain this week. Then kids – a…
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While We Worked
While R and I made the new field run for the little black Guinea Hog piglets … M did the chores. Topping up all the waters and wallows. Feeding the chickens. Giving The Charlottes their lunch. Cleaning their feed bowls. Tending to the turkeys. Doing all the stuff she will do when I am away.…
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