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sara | May 31, 2009
Weaned the saddleback piglets this morning by moving the sows into another barn. #
Just uploaded a video of one of the saddleback piglets exploring the farm http://bit.ly/56fFd #
Just sent off 24 duck eggs for hatching! http://bit.ly/GGoOF #
Catching up with comments on the farmingfriends forum. http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ #
Just rounded up 5 weaners for new owners to collect. [...]
sara | May 31, 2009
At the beginning of May I received an email from steve in Thailand who has a couple of guinea fowl.
Hi, I am English but live in Chiang Mai, Thailand where I settled due to tourism work. Years ago I bought some young guinea fowl and without effort they lived with our bantams, stayed around the [...]
sara | May 30, 2009
I love to receive photographs from my readers and forum members and Rachel has sent me two photos of her 3 khaki campbell ducks and 2 khaki campbell crosses.
Hi Sara Thanks for emailing me, I have attached two pictures (hopefully), we think the 3 pure Khakis are female, but not sure about the Khaki crosses, [...]
sara | May 29, 2009
Today I said goodbye to 5 weaners. Belinda and Gregg who live in a neighbouring village, although found out about my piglets via the internet, have bought 3 gilts and 2 boars. They arrived at 10 am and went into the pig barn where the weaners were happily snoozing so they could choose which piglets [...]
sara | May 28, 2009
One of my Saddleback piglets has one pink ear and one black ear which I have never seen before in my Saddleback piglets.
I have named this piglet Patch as the pink covers some of his eye as well as his ear. Patch is turning into an inquisitive and friendly piglet.
Do you have any piglets with [...]
sara | May 27, 2009
When a hen goes missing overnight, it could be due to a number of reasons;
Gone broody and sitting on nest of eggs.
Injured or sick and can’t make it back to the hut.
Killed by predator.
Misjudged the light and didn’t make it back so roosting elsewhere.
Last week one of my elderly hens didn’t come to the hut [...]
sara | May 26, 2009
It is always a good sign to hear a duckling chirping in the shell as it means that the duckling will soon be hatching.
I’m hatching cayuga duck eggs for the first time in a home incubator,their at 26 days and I can hear one chirping from inside the egg quite a lot,does this mean its [...]
sara | May 25, 2009
Today I have weaned the saddleback piglets. The piglets are just approaching 8 weeks old and there are 27 piglets which has been alot for my two sows, Cagney and Lacy, to feed.
Two of my prospective weaner buyers came along to give a hand, so thanks Gregg and Belinda.
We transferred the sows into the other [...]
sara | May 24, 2009
This week I was shown round the local strawberry and raspberry farm by the owner.
It was interesting to see the different varieties of strawberries at the different stages of growth and how they are grown. The strawberries are grown in poly tunnels and have been planted in grow bags and then placed on a shelf [...]
sara | May 23, 2009
My 7/8 week old saddleback piglet called Missy loves to explore the farmyard. She has been coming out of the pig barn to explore the farmyard for about 5 weeks. She was the first piglet to come down the barn steps and she loves to run the length of the fold yard and then to [...]
