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2006
Feb 2006 Feeding
time around the farm can get pretty routine. Cheryl
and Grampy usually open and feed most mornings. It's
usually me that feeds in the late afternoon and closes
everybody in for the evening. I generally have a system
that works very well for me. It's very methodical and
roughly goes clockwise around the farm. The funny thing
is all the residents here on Dalby Farm know my routine
almost as well as I do. And, if don't you know, they
let me know, whenever I alter my course.
Nate, our Nubian goat and
Sophie our Southdown ewe are usually the first to see
me start the afternoon feed. They are the ones that
alert the rest of the residents that supper is on its
way! The pigs start squealing, all the goats start bleating,
the geese and ducks start honking and the chickens come
a runnin'. "This is Heaven".
March 2006 We trimmed
some hooves today. First we did Nate because usually
he is pretty easy. I don't know whether it was just
his mood or whether he didn't like the location we chose
to do the trimming but he was not very cooperative!
It is funny because usually Mariah is the difficult
one but today she was an angel. I guess we had a little
role reversal today. Sophie was cute because she stood
watching us the whole time and was probably wondering
when we were going to go after her. She will be sheared
soon so we will trim her hooves at the same time. She
is safe for now!
Oh well, Nate and Mariah look lovely with their pedicures
(or should I say hooficures!) I think that the kids
will be the next to be trimmed.
March 2006 Today
I finally came in contact with an American Chinchilla
Rabbit breeder from New York. For months, I have been
looking into the various rare rabbit breeds. The American
Chinchilla rabbit seemed appealing to me so I have been
contemplating adding this rare breed to our farm. I
am more encouraged after e-mailing her and finding out
more details about this breed. She has two does that
will be having babies at the end of next month. I believe
that I would like to have these rabbits but I am not
sure whether we want to breed them or just have them
here for exhibition purposes. I guess if we find that
there is some interest in this breed, like from 4H for
example, then we may get a pair and breed them. We will
see about that and time will tell, but at least for
now, we are in contact with a breeder and that is the
first step!
March 2006 Today
I went up to sit with Patience and Pumpkin our Ossabaw
Island hogs. I can honestly say, I love every one of
our animals. Many times people ask me, " Who is
your favorite animal"? For me, that is a difficult,
ever changing answer. Sitting in the pigpen with these
two beautiful animals makes me so relaxed. The hustle
and bustle of our every day lives seems so very far
away.
If you were to ask me today
and then again tomorrow, which animal is my favorite,
you would probably get a different answer each time.
I guess if you really want to know the answer, you will
just have to ask me and we will see who it will be that
day!!!!
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