Tag: ayrshire calf
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Talia: the little calf
Special Edition. Here are a few photographs of Talia for you as promised. And yes with all the changes and the Last Dinner for Kevin and Victoria things were pretty stretched today. So I am a little later than I had anticipated. Teensy Talia is inquisitive, hungry and already making herself at home. Aunty is…
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A box of birds
More chicks arrived in the post yesterday. These are the chickens I will grow for a number of family freezers. It will take 8 weeks. I will grow two waves of chickens for the freezers. I hope to start another set in 5 weeks time. Each chick is given a drink as I take it out…
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I got it wrong
This little calf does not want to be called Aida she wants to be called Del. She is so calm and so sweet, there is not one fussy bone in her body. She has no aspirations for the stage, and no interest in tragedy. She reminds me so intensely of my Aunty Del that I have…
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Late night, early morning
Queenie began her labour at 6pm. By 8.30 pm nothing further had happened. I led her into the barn, trailing streams of waterbag, so she and her calf would be safe from the coyotes, she ate her dinner and then lay down for a sleep. While I proceeded to have a nervous breakdown. Boo Nanny…
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It’s OK I won’t count the days!
The Duke of Kupa is still beautiful… … even though his tail is all but gone for the winter. The girls are all hanging out together in the Potato Paddock. A little flock. And look who has been let out of the hospital wing and rejoined the nursery… Bobby Blanc is all better. Much to…
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