Tag: weaning piglets
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Peachicks and sunflowers
Yesterday while working in the barn I heard a chirping that sounded both out of place and at the same time familiar. It was the chirp of an emerging peachick. I was sure of it. I climbed up the ladder to the loft to check Mrs Flowers but she was giving nothing away. Maybe tomorrow we…
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An Angry Sow is not to be trifled with
Early in the morning as the dawn is dawning I take the tractor out into the sweetcorn field and pick two big bucket loads for the animals. I cut the stalk at the base with my sharp spade and throw the sweetcorn, with its stalk still attached, over the fences. They eat the whole thing.…
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How to settle your 47 chicks in on their first day.
The Post Mistress found a chirping box on her counter when she got to work this morning. She called me straight away and I zoomed down in my little cooking oil car to collect them. I could hear the strident chirping the minute I opened the Post Office door. Forty Seven chicks survived their journey.…
The Kitchen's Garden 