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Secrets and a chat with a Swine Herd
Whisper whisper whisper.. Hmm mmm Thats what she said I said you said! Gossip in the Rat house Paddock. Daisy was observed lying down in the long grass yesterday and eating at the same time. She...
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Walkabout the Farmy on May Day.
Ton and I had a busy productive day yesterday. I called the Swine Herd Man and apparently Sheila the Babe is only a week old, evidently pigs will also make you wait, even though you think you know when...
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The Perfect Pig Bath and dark chocolatey Brownies
You will remember that the Pigs had their paddling pool confiscated because they mistook it for a toilet. I have experimented with all kind containers that I can fill with water for them to wallow in....
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visitors, burlap bags, pigs bottoms, lightening in the skies, where do I begin
Yesterday Camera house caught Daisy showing you how she backs slowly through the burlap bags dislodging flies. Very slowly. Gently swaying through the lightest of brushes. Flies gone. Not perfect. But...
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Photo-less friday and Sheila has a date.
I know people have posts called Wordless Wednesday, and really it is Saturday though we are commenting on Friday, and I am never short of words but sometimes short of photos so it is Photo-less Friday...
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Meet Al: The Berkshire Boar
When the time came for Sheila to break out the lippie and hop the limo to visit the Boar, she very quietly followed me onto the trailer, was driven 15 minutes down the road and very quietly unloaded...
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Look what came in the Mail
Chicks and Ducklings. In the mail! John and the Matriarch want duck for Christmas dinner. But I bought a few extra so I could breed them too. Sadly two of the extra were dead on arrival. So we have...
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Pregnant Pigs?
How do you know when your pig is pregnant? Well, for a start she will not come into heat again. The signs of heat for the big Hereford Pigs are very obvious but for the Kunekune? Well I cannot tell...
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Where are the pigs bowls…
Sheila my big fat pig still picks up her pigs bowl and takes it to bed with her. Hiding them. By the time I find it – it is buried in the straw in her hut. Her version of breakfast in bed. It means...
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The girls decide
Have to run – we are leaving for the Bantam Swap early so here are yesterdays pics. What is wrong with those pictures? Naughty opportunistic pigs taking advantage of high winds and broken gates. And...
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Moving Day
Yesterday I strung up the Plonkers new field. Then shifted the Solar Panel and earth rod and electrified it. Then took down their old fence and invited them across. .It takes patience to move pigs,...
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There are Pigs …
… and then there are PIGS. The little pigs look so big and chubby until you put them next to Sheila the Big Pig. Then the Little Pigs look like little pigs again. If you have a moment and want to see...
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So it begins
The first of the summer people has arrived. His name is Alex – he is from California and he is going to be great. I got his arrival date wrong so he is here a week ahead of my schedule and right on...
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Molly and Poppy
The two sows seem to be living together quietly now that I have locked Molly and her brood even further back in the barn. They have no shared walls now. And with the weather being so miserable and cold...
View ArticleSLEEPING WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN
POPPY has her doors open wide now and everything is so much calmer in the farrowing pen. I have the windows open in the house and both of us are losing that claustrophobic feeling. This is what...
View ArticleTHE LINE UP
POPPY’S Six are growing like weeds. They were three weeks old yesterday and I am in no hurry to wean them so they will continue to grow like weeds. Their favorite food is boiled eggs and rice (of...
View ArticleGOING GREEN
Slowly but steadily, I am getting all the pigs into their Pig Pastures with all the good green feed. The two big Pig Pastures are being allowed to grow a bit longer. There are some areas where the...
View ArticleFouR INCH NaiLS
Or four and a half inches of rain depending on your preference. My titles seldom make any sense. I write almost every day and never get around to putting thought into my titles. There are still clouds...
View ArticleHMM, INTERESTING
Not pretty – but pretty interesting. Of course the ducks are pretty. In fact the corridor paddock which is my central field feels more ‘farmy’ with the ducks in there. Anyway this (below) is what I...
View ArticleROADS
Little showers yesterday. Dark with clouds. Even a mild breeze. And lots of growth.It is Sunday though. I don’t have many words left by Sunday. I have been trying to get a good shot of the pigs in the...
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