The Baby Daddy
Andreas from Koonac Goats told me that G026 – Liponeura had been put in with young Magic for Breeding. […]
Entente Cordiale
entente cordiale (French) – a friendly understanding between powers: less formal than an alliance. The 2 tribes of guinea fowl […]
Is it Safe?
I don’t have to chase the birds out of their cage in the morning anymore, but they are […]
Waste Product
This Jersey steer had no value as a male dairy breed and would have gone to slaughter at […]
Two Birds in The Hand is Worth…
At four days old the birds are steady on their big orange feet and eating all day. […]
Dairy Goats!
I had arranged to see some of the goats Koonac had available so we could choose our dairy goats. […]
Tolerating the Teenagers
Only one day after it was all out war between the young birds and the originals, they both […]
Thank you Supernanny
Last night it took over 30 minutes to herd the 9 young guineas back into their newly fortified cage […]
Intervention
The keet had not made any progress when I looked in on it at 6 in the morning. […]
Guard Dog
I had kept Shorty back when letting the birds out previously, but today, I just let her be […]
Lock Down at Day 25
I candled the eggs a couple of days ago and only 2 were fertile, so this whole incubator […]
Lined up on a Log
I had left the birds inside their cage for a couple of days to let the injuries from […]
Young Guinea Died
When we went to feed the birds this morning, the one-legged bird was dead. I wasn’t surprised and […]
Fox Bites Leg Off Young Guinea
When I went to feed the young birds this morning, it looked like there had been a massacre, […]
First Encounter
I let the young Guineas out for an hour again this morning. As happened last time, Murray did […]
First Taste of Freedom
I let the young Guineas out for their first taste of freedom this morning. I had opened the […]
Great Guardians
The Guineas were outside the house, making a noise with heads all tilted keeping one eye on the […]
Goldie Killed by Snake
Goldie had lost her limp and was back to normal by the 27th of January, but 2 days […]
Jumping Joey
In a perfect start to Australia Day, I saw a young joey and its mum bouncing through the […]
Lame Chicken
When I let the girls out this morning, I noticed that Goldie was limping quite badly. I picked […]
Finding Their Voices
The young Guineas are now between 9 and 10 weeks old and yesterday some of them tried out […]
Perfect Sit, Stay
I asked Shorty to sit and stay while I was moving Mama Guinea Fowl off the nest and […]
More Babies !!
I thought 2 more Guinea Fowl had been taken by foxes, as there were only 4 out and […]
Break and Enter
The horses get into the irrigated summer paddock every afternoon around 4 for an hour or so before […]
Chaffing 1930s Style
Our neighbours have restored a 1930s Chaff Cutter and added a new electric motor. They have kindly let […]
Baby Blue Eyes under siege
Something had been trying to dig into the Guinea Fowl cage over night. The predator had focused its […]
Compost is king
Composting horse poo in bays made from re-purposed metal beds is the ultimate in recycling. The three horses […]
First Pomegranates
Our first ever pomegranates have appeared. There were a lot of beautiful coral coloured flowers earlier in the […]
On Patrol, with an apprentice
The Guinea Fowl are worth their weight in gold. Three years we had to pay a contractor to […]
Nature Trails
An almost imperceptible flattening of leaves is often all you see of the discrete, but discernible, trails through […]
7 Weeks Old
The Guinea’s are now 7-8 weeks old and look almost like mature adults. They are perching on the […]
Two Escapees
After a max temp of 41 degrees yesterday, it only got down to 25 degrees overnight, so the […]
Scaring the Horses
When the temperature hit 39 and the wind dropped, I went out to irrigate the summer paddock, but […]
Is all this for me ??
Every day I dance with the horses, moving them away from the hay we grew/cut/baled. 27 year old […]
Only 3 weeks old
I can’t believe how quickly wild animals develop. Only 3 weeks ago, I was pulling some of these […]
Water Baby
I bought a couple of connectors – I decided to have a spare – and a new hacksaw […]
Wing feathers at 10 days
Little stubby wings are forming on the birds at 10 days, it is amazing to see the changes […]
So Cute
At 2-3 days old they are still a bit wobbly but very cute. I have lost a couple […]
Only the Lonely
Murray (named after a friend who is also like a bull at a gate busting to get out) […]
First Born
I heard some movement from the incubator and expected to see some of the eggs pipping, I was […]
Last Look before Lockdown
As this is the first time we have hatched eggs, it is all very exciting. I am trying […]
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