Tag: piglets
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The Creep
In the piglets farrowing chamber there are two creeps. A creep is a space that only the baby animal can enter. both these creeps have plenty of dry straw and a warm light. Molly’s piglets decided to make their own. They found a space between the big old sliding door and the wall that had…
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One Day Old Piglets
Molly is a nervous mother but holding her own. Very new and totally shocked at the sheer number of miniature pigs running around her feet. But if a piglet squeals she freezes and waits for the little ones to regroup before continuing. She is eating and drinking well and, as you can see, so are…
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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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MagdalenAs (cupcakes)
When the rain finally gets too heavy to work outside the farmer comes inside to make some Magdalenas de Yogur from my new Basque cook book. I have never made these before and it is such a simple recipe I wanted to share it with you. Little yoghurt cakes. in the absence of Hackberries…
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Hi-Jacked
I was taking photos of the Spanish Black turkeys yesterday, .. when I put the camera down to check something and it was Hijacked by Hugo. So now you follow Hugo’s eyes. Sheila needs to go on a diet again.. she is not doing so well sharing quarters with Poppy who was on her…
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