First Feed
Less than 90 minutes after kidding, Midge was back on her feet and Crumpler was feeding. […]
Wobbly Legs
Less than an hour after being born Crumpler tries out her legs. She is still a bit wobbly […]
Introducing Crumpler
Her ears are much longer than Rose’s and because she was smaller and all squashed up, her ears […]
Introducing Rose
She pretty much looks like Bambi, but with a light patch on her head rather than a dark […]
Twin Girls!
Just a couple of minutes after I arrived, another “bag” appeared and a second kid shot out. I […]
I Missed It!
As soon as I got to the pen, I could see Midge on her knees cleaning up a […]
I Couldn’t Wait
I couldn’t wait the full hour and went to check on Midge after 45 minutes. As soon as […]
Last Minute Advice
I took my birthing kit* out and checked on Midge just after 12:30, then rang the breeder at […]
It’s On – Midge is Kidding
Midge’s ligaments had softened this morning when I felt them while feeding her at 7am and they had completely disappeared […]
Three Eggs A Day
Ginger the champion chicken is still laying everyday and the others are catching up. Mama is laying every day again […]
Horseproof Fence
The pony train heads home after a couple of hours of free range grazing, all in the proper […]
Free Range Flash
The horses have settled back into their routine. They get a bit of breakfast before 7am then free […]
Standing Water
The guineas are quite happy with the standing water in our new emergency swales. It saves them a […]
Day’s End
This was the warmest day so far this winter, almost reaching 20C/68F. Australian spring officially starts on 1st […]
I felt it move
I felt a kid move inside Midge today for the first time. I have been massaging her lower […]
Sunrise at 7:09
It has been a week since the skies have been clear enough to capture a sunrise. This morning, […]
Guinea Tea Time
The oats are taller than the guinea fowl now, so when they are going home for tea, […]
Preparing for Milk
For my birthday this week, Mum bought me a milking pail, milk strainer and two 5 litre cans, […]
Dinner Bell Chicken Style
The chickens let us know when it is 4.30 and time to go home. This is the noise […]
Trapped
I was in a teleconference for an hour in the morning, but in the background, all I could […]
Bowie finds a new way
Bowie has found a new path away from the stables so he doesn’t feel as exposed to the […]
Winter Water Baby
Middle horse Auspicious is a real water baby and is often sloshing and splashing water wherever he can find […]
Homeward Bound
The chickens free range during the day eating grass, insects and our dreaded red-legged earth mites and duck under […]
Horse-proof Fence
A heavy mist came down just after 7.30 and the horse-proof boundary fence faded into the backgound. When […]
Back in Business
After 2 months of moulting and regenerating, Mama has laid her first egg since May. Ginger has hardly missed […]
Mama back in form
Mama has finished her moult and her comb has been getting redder by the day, so I expect she […]
Chicken
Chicken is one of the 2 young bantams our neighbour gave us last year. She is the cuddliest […]
Baby Goats
Andreas and Sonja had kindly invited me to their goat farm, Koonac, to see a doe kidding, so […]
Box-walking Bowie
Every now and then, Bowie gets himself worked up overnight, doesn’t eat his feed and walks round and […]
Happy Birthday Midge
Happy Birthday to our independent goat Midge, she turned two today, the 4th of July. She is supposed […]
Rogues Gallery
Now that Ginger has been to the Dag Day Spa, she has a bottom worth photographing again. I love […]
Chicken Dag Spa
Today I washed a chicken for the first time. The big fluffy bottoms are my favourite bits […]
Relaxing
Since 2009 I have been following the Cold Antler Farm blog of Jenna Woginrich, a young writer who is […]
Siren Song
The young guinea females are feeling broody and are calling for a man. One in particular is always […]
30 millimetres in 30 minutes
We don’t often get torrential rain in the SW of WA, but this morning we did. We had […]
Woolly Goat
We are learning about goats. They have been here just over six weeks and seem settled and happy. […]
Spying on the goats
I found 27 y.o. Bowie hiding behind some trees in the forest and having a sneaky peak at […]
Horse Conquers his Demons
I could see that 27 y.o. standardbred Bowie wanted to go out free-ranging this morning, so I opened […]
Mystic Goats
27 y.o. Bowie is in awe of the shocking power of the goats (he hadn’t experienced an electric […]
Monkey Midge
Our Nubian/Boer goat Midge has a slightly overshot bottom jaw which gives her a bit of a monkey […]
Moulting Mama
Mama Hen has the most beautiful feathers and colouring, she reminds me of a pheasant. She is not […]
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