Tag: kunekune pig
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Back on Form
Timatanga Moana our kunekune pig is back on form. Tima went out into the field with her common law husband Tane Mahuta today for the first time in ages and when Ton brought them back in … she, ignoring Tane’s warnings about stairs, … – swung out to Starboard, came up onto the verandah and overturned everything…
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The Boys are Back in Town
Yesterday John and I brought the two steers Daisy’s Bobby and Queenie’s Bobby back from the West barn so they could munch in the Daisy Mistress paddock. It is deep and lush and perfect for fattening these two. The boys are back! The stock trailer will stay in there for shelter and shade. Just when…
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Tane worked out how to climb the steps up onto the big beautiful New Zealand verandah yesterday. For several days now it has been warm enough for the grass to start growing again. So Tima and Tane (after much begging at the gates) have been let out of their own little field each day. They are grazing…
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storm threatening
The sky is getting darker as I write. The winds are howling hurling the humid air about. Threatening to rain on my hay for the next 24 hours. I have just come in from chores for a quick breakfast. The baler man is almost here on his way to another field and then I am going to…
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storm threatening
The sky is getting darker as I write. The winds are howling hurling the humid air about. Threatening to rain on my hay for the next 24 hours. I have just come in from chores for a quick breakfast. The baler man is almost here on his way to another field and then I am going to…
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