Taking stock
It’s that time of year: You take stock of the livestock. Our three Hyline Brown hens are three months into their third year of laying and should keep us in eggs for another eighteen...
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The goat hobble
A first kidder named Summer had twin boys mid-spring. By way of contrast, another milking goat named Autumn had a girl and a boy mid-summer. Well, they do say the seasons are all over...
Getting angry with the kids
… those who do not get angry at things in which it is right to be angry are considered foolish, and so are those who do not get angry in the right manner, at...
Population explosion!
“Yep, Gretchen’s in labour. Bum down, facing uphill. She’s about to pop.” I follow June’s gaze. There’s Gretchen straining away on a hilly slope, the goat shed as liquorice allsort backdrop. We’re looking across...
Dead Thirsty: Pt. 2
Last week I told you that we were away for a couple of days and came home to find a dead thirsty Delores marooned with her week-old kids in a paddock that didn’t have...
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