Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

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WE HAVE BABIES! e

Congratz Pugg. So adorable.

 

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No chance of that Annie, we did AI. The mare has not been within a country mile of a stallion.

Do you AI them yourself or get someone to do it? When we worked on a dairy years ago they wanted me to learn to AI a cow.. Ummm no thanks think I'll leave that one to hubby.

 

[Fancychooklady]

The garden is loving all this sunshine.

 

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The garden is loving all this sunshine.

Beautiful Fancy. You are one talented gardener.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Do you AI them yourself or get someone to do it? When we worked on a dairy years ago they wanted me to learn to AI a cow.. Ummm no thanks think I'll leave that one to hubby.

The semen had to come from WA and was very expensive. The mare needs to be scanned to see that she is actually ovulating and then sedated . The ' package ' missed the connecting flight from Melbourne , so the vet couldn't hang around for another 2 hours. Luckily a friend of ours who was working towards getting her AI ticket, was on hand to do the job. She does all of her own and has since been hired by a big stud in New Zealand.
Our youngster was 2 months premature, she is now a rising 5 year old. Very lucky girl.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Beautiful Fancy. You are one talented gardener.

Thanks, my garden is my refuge. Thought you'd like a grass pic.

 

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Thanks, my garden is my refuge. Thought you'd like a grass pic.

Omg stunning. I love grass pics and of course any picture from your stunning property. I do have the tiniest bit of green grass since the rain we have had the last few days but it will never be able to compete with the green you all can achieve down south. I said to hubby the other day that I was thinking of getting a sign made up for our place with the title . The land that rain forgot.

 

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Beautiful Fancy. You are one talented gardener.

Talented and dedicated. How on earth do you find the time @Fancychooklady to maintain it so beautifully? I struggle to keep my 900 m2 block neat and after 15 years still have half done garden beds sigh

 

[Teila]

Good morning Friends

Sadly the meetings were not cancelled and I got to spend the day in the office yesterday looking all ‘corporate’ .. back to shorts and T-shirt today

locknest4 I am sorry to hear that you are not feeling 100%

RodneyRooster I love the yard full of bubbies!

Fancy your garden is just BEAUTIFUL! And, yep, I think having to dig them up again will be a lesson well learnt … listen or dig

Pugg congratulations … adorable little ones you have there! Mum & Dad are beautiful birds also.

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at “never assume teenagers have listening skills”

ChristieB I agree with you … the rain is needed and wonderful but can go away for a while now

Anniebee Wow, I am actually lost for words! Not only do I love the limerick poem I am actually very touched .. I seriously cannot remember the last time, if ever, anyone has put so much creativity and time into something for me, I will treasure it .. THANK YOU!

I would love to share it with my friends on Facebook .. would you mind? Of course, I would like to mention you and wonder how you would like me to do that? Anniebee OK or do you have a pen-name?

satay fingers crossed for your son’s interview today

So, Cilla was pecking at the oyster shell last night

Good news in that she might be returning to laying soon, bad news that in only 10-16 eggs we get to go through it all again

KiKi is still broody, mainly because the weather is not allowing me to put her in the broody breaker but I am locking her out of the nest box as much as possible. She is actually a sweet little broody and does not make life miserable for her flock mates, just wanders around chattering a lot when she cannot get to the nest. Besides the ninja chicken routine on the dustpan and brush in the mornings, she is easily managed. For this reason, no nickname for broody KiKi, I didn’t really like Countess KiKula but is was all I could come up with on short notice

 

[Fancychooklady]

Talented and dedicated. How on earth do you find the time @Fancychooklady to maintain it so beautifully? I struggle to keep my 900 m2 block neat and after 15 years still have half done garden beds sigh

I keep my garden ' low maintenance ' , lots of mulch to smother the weeds and the hedges only need to be trimmed once a year. Mowing the lawns is the most time consuming job, 5 hours a week in spring. I am quietly chipping away at the amount of lawn by creating new garden beds. With this time of year being so busy with the horses , it is sometimes hard to make time to ' stop and smell the roses ' , but there's nothing quite so relaxing as a glass of red in the garden. A garden is something for all to enjoy. When I am gone , it will still be here blooming and pleasing others.
This weekend we have a ' horse free ' day , so it's time to worm the goats and trim their hooves and send them down the back.