Snubian
Smudge is half Saanen and half Nubian, which means she should be the perfect milker for us. The […]
Bye Bye Billie
We realised during the day that Billie wasn’t with the flock. Shorty had chased off a fox yesterday morning […]
Handy Horns
In the US, most goats have their horns removed – usually within 2 weeks of being born – […]
Settling In
One week after arriving, the goats are settling in and laid down for the first time today. I […]
Hay Feeder
I bought a couple of second-hand metal bed frames from a recent Busselton Lions Club shed sale. The […]
Billie’s Bodyguard
Yesterday when Brad was on Guinea Feeding duty, he noticed that Billie had found herself a bodyguard. An adult […]
Pecked and Picked on
Billie got attacked by crows again this morning then pecked at by the rest of the flock until […]
Tough Love
Billie the youngest Guinea is attracting a bit of attention from foxes and crows, but the worst part […]
A Haughty Strut
The goats have a very deliberate walk, fully locking and extending their front legs making them look very […]
PIC
We are now almost like a real farm as we are registered with Department of Agriculture and have […]
We’ve Got Goats
After over 15 months of planning, and 2 months of preparation, I went to collect our two goats […]
Teaching Her To Fly
Little Billie didn’t want to go back into the cage on her own this evening and I noticed […]
Lone Ranger
Ben got taken by a fox this morning after only 6 days with the flock. As I was […]
Thirteen Nannies
The older Guineas are looking after the two Littlies. Last night they took me to where they were […]
Mum and Dad?
I let Bill and Ben out for the first time as they are just under 10 weeks old […]
Submissive Guinea
The Guinea Fowl are loving the seed heads on the couch grass which is growing out of control […]
Perching Birds
The Young Guineas Billie and Bennitta have stopped crouching on the ground and are now perching on the […]
Disappointment
I had a message from Andreas at Koonac today that Midge (Liponeura) had not fallen pregnant to Magic during […]
Finishing Touches
Brad was out at first light just after 6.30am putting the finishing touches to the Goat Mahal. […]
The Goat Mahal
The Goat Mahal (Palace) is taking shape. Brad brought over the 7m zincalume trimdek sheets which were left […]
View from the Goat Shed
We are building the goat shed out of bush poles and re-used and recycled materials. We have put […]
Cooking with Compost
People always tell us that we should feed the dog outside. We have learned why we shouldn’t. She […]
Epipen
I had to use an EpiPen for the first time. Just after 5.30pm when I was picking up […]
Winter Coats
After a few cold nights, the horses are getting their winter coats. 27 yo Bowie always shows the […]
Flash Down and Out
After four months out of action with a stifle injury, we managed 2 light lunging sessions before he […]
A Look into the Future
Once the goats are settled into our daily lives, the next plan is for some sheep in the […]
Ridiculously Cold
The animals spent all day trying to stay out of the strong southerly wind and catch any sun […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
First Double Yolker
I found a whopper when I collected the eggs this afternoon. It was 89g compared to the normal […]
Preparing for Winter Pt II
It seems strange to be thinking of winter on a 31 degree day, but a couple of cool […]
Red’s Dead
Red died overnight. We had kept her in the fenced backyard during the day yesterday and got her […]
Baby Birds 4 weeks Old
Bill and Ben (although I am hoping they are both girls) are now 4 weeks old and have […]
Preparing for Winter
We moved the hay from the open bay into the feed shed to protect them from the main […]
Finished Fence
The last jobs on the fence were attaching the mesh to the star pickets, running the top wire […]
New Knot
We watched a video on YouTube to learn the figure of 8 knot so we could attach the […]
Fencing
We rolled out the 8/90/30 mesh and it is 5m short! or more realistically, the boundary is 5m […]
Survival
The young guineas survived their first night in the wild. I was very relieved to count all 14 […]
They Flew the Coop
I thought this image was a good illustration for today as the young guineas decided that they didn’t […]
Egg Skelter
Red has stopped laying, so we are only getting 3 eggs a day now. Her last couple of […]
Flash Fit for work
Three months after injuring his stifle, Flash has been given the OK to get back into light work […]
and we have Lift Off
The young guineas are now fast, strong and proficient flyers. When I let them out in the morning, […]
First Box Strainer
We are putting up a good strong fence round the goat paddock. When we did the horse paddock […]
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