Category: homesteading
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ELEVEN PIGLETS
Last night around midnight Molly gave birth to eleven good sized little piglets. I was caught by surprise by the numbers and only had one small towel with me. This got damp fairly fast drying off one piglet after the other. So I took off my shirt and used that as well, by baby number…
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Farm Sex
I don’t mean to be provocative with that heading but really poor Carlos the Tiny was a busy boy yesterday. Lady Astor came into heat (I was advised by the vet not to give her a break as she would put on too much weight then it is harder to get them bred again –…
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Cows in Mud
So, first the cows were able to knock their water over and it flowed into their tiny wallow. Then I refilled their water and forgot I was filling it and THAT overflowed. And next thing you know all the cows are stomping up and down cooling their heels, making a pond. Alex must be exhausted…
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Off we Go
After chores I have to drive up to the airport and I have exactly one hour less than I need to complete everything even though I got perfectly up to date yesterday evening and am awake early. So I am running. Things are in order though, I am prepared and I am raring to go as…
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Adjustments
Lady Astor has begun a very naughty habit while she is milking – she lifts her tail and PEES – Gallons – all over the clean milking shed floor. So to adjust this unacceptable behaviour I have to train her to pee BEFORE she comes into the milking shed. Up until recently I have had to…
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