Category: Living the life
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Aunty Anna
But first, here is the picture Lori sent me of Wai. I have not seen him myself so this is all I know. He is staying in a crate pen in her basement so it is hard for her to get a good shot. This poor pig is so terribly fat I am very much…
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Feed for new chicks
My new chicks have arrived and instead of buying the commercial meat chicken feed these ones are going to be grown exclusively on my own feed. Usually we start on the commercial baby chick food then switch to mine about a month later. The four grain feed oats, barley, corn and wheat is my favourite.…
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And rained …
… and rained. The storms came in with fierce determination, one after the other, rushing through like runaway trains. High winds and a LOT of rain. I still have not bought a new rain gauge but every shower was a deluge. I was inside when I heard a loud crack of lightning. And down came…
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Shine then Rain
It was hot again yesterday, stinking hot, even the chickens declined the outside and stood about in front of their fan for the afternoon. Though they still laid their two dozen eggs right on queue. The temperatures bleached the sky yesterday. The heat reached up into the high 90’s again, not unusual around here but…
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Maybe just maybe –
– just maybe Alex is pregnant. I think she is developing an udder. This will be her second calf. It is not unusual for a cow to fill her udder in the last few weeks. (As Lady Astor showed us recently). In fact I am feeling 60% sure that she is pregnant. What do…
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