Tag: calf
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Thank you
For yesterday … You and your angels are alive and well I think! Last night – At Last – Mr Flowers found the barn and slept in there all night. So we all slept. He is a noisy bird that one. Tui and Pania are both sitting on eggs, in fact I stole some of Tui’s eggs and…
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Tick tack
When Mr Flowers has his tail up at full power he does this funny thing. Imagine the tail spread out as an enormous fan, maybe 150 to 200 feathers , now count in ten feathers from the right and imagine the next four feathers on the far right as one panel and four more on…
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The Herd welcomes Naomi
What is the definition of a herd of cows anyway? How many does one need to have a herd? Because yesterday Lady Astor gave birth to a lovely tiny, tiny heifer. She also has no belt at all, just a tiny bit of white on her side and her belly. But she is so delicate…
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Prepare Actions
Is that a contradiction in terms? Can we prepare with action? I think we can. Or do we prepare FOR action. hmm. Preparations. Well, yesterday I was preparing for the big storm that may roll in this morning. When I was not stacking hay. And did I mention that I am actually allergic to hay.…
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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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