His Lordship beckoned me to follow him into the paddock yesterday. We trotted down and there was our first born lamb being lovingly cleaned by his very grumpy looking mum, stamping her foot at us in a determined manner. The wee lamb was only just standing on his wobbly legs and looking terrifyingly fragile. But all looked [...]

Animals

I never new that chooks were so entertaining. My six little red girls arrived last week and have been keeping me absolutely enthralled with their antics. The breed is New Hampshire, a fairly rare breed but I don’t know why, they’re apparently excellent layers and they are so friendly. These girls are only 2 months [...]

Animals

I put an ad in the paper a few months back - “Geese Wanted”. We got a couple of calls from people all basically saying “If you don’t come and catch these geese they’re going in the pot”. Anyway, I only wanted 6 geese but I ended up getting 14. 

Not long after they arrived they [...]

Animals