Saturday 28 April 2012

Grazing Pigs and A Pet Duck


We really enjoy watching the animals graze the pastures. It’s not uncommon to see our men ‘listening’ to them graze especially when they are let in a new paddock. You actually hear a crunching and munching and they call it a beautiful sound!
Here are the large blacks enjoying a new paddock. They have become quite friendly and are thriving in their healthy environment.
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Ducky Boy has been a favorite around the farm for over a year now. He wonders around at will not causing any problems at all. At night he roosts in the lean to with his friend a a black chicken. Well…. one day we found a different looking egg…and came to the conclusion that Ducky Boy needed a new name. We now call our her Ducky Gal.
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It’s been a busy week here at the farm…..broiler chicks were moved out to pasture, more garden planted and weeded, hay mowed, a visit from IL Grandparents, and town mowing and landscaping jobs are a few things that come to mind. Titus and Courage were sent out to dig 20 thistles each yesterday (deeply to get the long roots). After while they came in and reported they dug a total of 300! They dumped them to the horses who actually ate them!