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JaeG said:
Hello everyone! I haven't been on BYC for so long. I started to avoid my computer because I had so many people emailing me about baby cockatiels before I'd even listed them for sale (more fool me for leaving the ad up), and I only had a very few birds. I was so over people by the end of that (especially when people didn't get back to me or took forever to get back to me (and still expected birds to be available!) - so frustrating)! But I have a couple of people who bought one who would love another in the coming season which is nice, and it's always so lovely to get photos and videos from happy new owners.

I've also been hard at work battling weeds, and recently researching like a crazy person for any and all potential situations for when our heifers give birth. We are 12 weeks out :yaand I sort of feel prepared. I showed DS, who is 10, a video on YouTube of a cow giving birth. I thought he'd be grossed out but I explained what everything was and why it was important and at the end, when he saw that cute little calf, he was like "Awww, that's so cute - I'm so excited for our calves to be born".

And I'm trying my hand at growing lots of little trees from seed. I want to plant lots of trees here. So far I have quite a few swamp gums (which are much needed in the many boggy places on our block) and some Australian Blackwoods, a type of wattle, which grows super fast for firewood.

We've been getting lots of rain lately but it's not that cold. Autumn was cold and dry and very grey (which is unusual as it's usually very sunny) so we didn't get good grass growth. We've had more sun lately which is desperately needed to grow that grass and sort of start to dry things out (until the next rain storm). It's definitely the season of mud! We are supplementing our heifers with hay and 3 are headed to the works once we sort out a ramp to get them on the truck. Our 3 pregnant girls will need all the grass they can get once they have their calves so they are priority, and we'll still have one heifer to put in our freezer once we get around to buying one that's big enough.

And our Trouble duck, who I was sure was a boy, is currently sitting on infertile eggs under my shed! She's just a very thick necked, very broad breasted girl. Our other Muscovy girls look elegant and slim and delicate. Whereas Trouble is seriously built like a tank. :lol:
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N F C said:
Breaking news flash...

It's raining! Actually raining here! :wee
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Sounds like it's much needed. We've had almost 7 inches this month, which our water tanks desperately needed but it's like walking through a bog on the vast majority of our property. Our waterfall looks beautiful though and the chickens have a stream running past their coops which they prefer to drink out of.

Hope you get a decent amount of rain.
 
JaeG said:
Sounds like it's much needed. We've had almost 7 inches this month, which our water tanks desperately needed but it's like walking through a bog on the vast majority of our property. Our waterfall looks beautiful though and the chickens have a stream running past their coops which they prefer to drink out of.

Hope you get a decent amount of rain.
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Thanks Jae, it's been dry (which isn't too unusual) and very hot (that's unusual). I had to laugh at the chickens, they were all lined up in the run looking out at the rain like they were trying to figure out what was happening.
 

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