Category Archives: Critters
Bright Eyes is no longer with us.. no worries she is fine :)
Well those that have been reading for a good while will remember Bright eyes, the wee just hatched baby turtle that Dh rescued along with hundreds of tadpoles last spring in the heat of the drought, we set up horse … Continue reading
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Burning Daylight, nope burning hay!
As I still catching my breath, the next sink full of dish’s done, a load of laundry going, and Lily’s barley for her supper tonight simmering on the stove, just got back in from doing morning hay and getting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Finding a way to stretch the hay, growing winter fodder, Winter feeding
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A Photo A Day- My Old PurrPot Priss
Priss Priss is 16/17 depending on what her age was when I got her, the rescue said one age, the vet said another, but I can say that she has been with me for over 15 years, she was with me … Continue reading
Grain.. so so very excited..
Ok, I know that this is going to seem a strange post to non-farmers and it will I hope make perfect sense to those that farm.. or maybe I should give the non-farmers more credit.. So, I buy my feed … Continue reading
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Tagged grains for farm critters, sourcing local feed
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Moving Pigs- Using herd instincts and boards..
Pigs are very interesting critters, in some ways they are very much herd animals and they are a odd mix of prey and predator in their behaviour. Now I am going to talk about this in terms of a small … Continue reading
The New Chicks..
Well so far momma hen has hatched less then 50% of her clutch, the four are doing great, Momma is still sitting on her eggs and she has now hatched a single chick for three days in a row.. and she shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Chickens, free range hens breed strong newborn chicks, new chicks
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Tippy Toes Kits.. updated with lots of photos!
If you are counting the pictures, you will notice that there are eight of them, turns out that I was having trouble figuring out that I had four very close black and white broken.. they all look great but I … Continue reading
Tippy Toes new kits..
Seven little healthy and very colorful new kits..
Just another Day on the Farm 