Tag: sheep
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Walkabout with TonTon
TonTon and I spent a good part of the afternoon going over all the animals and making lists as to what needs to be done and taking stock. Queenie is in Pat’s Paddock with Hairy and there is enough feed in there to keep them going though they need a new mineral block. Minty and…
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We’re Back!!
Well we are back then. All well on the farmy and I am learning to type on a smaller keyboard. Apparently I am all thumbs! My big old laptop decided it had come to the end of the line. Just at springtime when our cash reserves are low aand with no growth in the fields…
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Marauding pigs break into the chook-run
Then realised that the run is not where the food is and only the winter door was open, which is only big enough for a chicken. And the netting that they had broken in through did not allow them to break back out. So they called for help, and I had to lift the netting…
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The Mucky Murk or is it The Murky Muck
Yesterday was a study in getting stuck in the mud. I squelched my way through fields with my arms out like wings trying to keep my balance. The ground underneath is still frozen so in some areas the melting soil is like a slurry on top of ice, in others it is deep cold muck…
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Charlotte came home and she is in a right mood!
The day was toddling along like it does. The new lambs saw their first sun. Though it was still a wee bit chilly. Look at this cheeky baby, lambs just hit the ground running. Whereas kittens hit the ground sleeping. Then we received the call that Charlotte had completed.. um.. relations with the boar (witnessed…
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