Tag: Hobby Farm
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The First Calf
Barry was delivered from up north. Arriving home we spotted a young bloke sitting on our nature strip, beside him on a lead was cute teenage Baz nibbling the grass. We watched with bated breath (our first cow jumped the fence and bolted!) as he walked calmly into his new paddock, sniffed Sally then made…
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Chicken Owning FYI
Owning a few chickens, how hard can it be? Give em seed, leftover greens, fresh water, shelter, room to do their chicken thing then sit back and enjoy. The scratching, the dust bathing, the sun baking, the cute clucking. Therapy pets in your own back yard, delightful.
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Chapter 9. The Runaway Cow
Acreage and animal ownership brings joy and pain in equal measure, responsibility and hard work, you have to be up for it all. We’ve learnt on the job, made a few mistakes along the way. Our first ever cow (Sally) arrived in a hired trailer. It was dusk. Rob drove in , shut the gate,…
The Midwife/Nurse Hobbyfarmer 