I was running a little behind with the pig feeding this morning as several wallows needed filling. After feeding each group of pigs, I fetched several buckets of water from the nearest trough, tipped it into that group’s wallow and kicked any loose dirt into the water. It was taking little more time than my [...]
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Archive | April, 2011
Seven Berkshire piglets weaned
26 April, 2011
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I’ve just moved Daphne, one of our Berkshire sows, away from her litter of piglets. The seven piglets, 56 days old yesterday, have been eating increasing amounts of feed over the past week and were ready to be weaned. Daphne was also ready for them to be weaned.
Read more Backlit sheep bums galore
23 April, 2011
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I’ve long had a notion of photographing the neighbour’s ewes lambing at sunset but it’s a difficult project to pull off. The weather has to be spot on, the sheep have to be in the right field at the right time, the sheep have to co-operate, I have to be free of jobs and chores, [...]
Read more‘It must have been the goat…’
19 April, 2011
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I’m not the only one who encounters people with distinctly peculiar ideas about livestock. I was topping up our pig wallows when a neighbouring farmer wandered over for a chat. In the course of our conversation, he mentioned that his father’s farm neighbours a croft whose owner keeps pet pigs and a pet goat.
Read more Infernal combustion engine needs exorcism
16 April, 2011
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Having tried every trick in my home mechanic’s skillset, I’ve decided the BCS 715 rotovator is actually an infernal combustion engine and needs to be exorcised. I’ve spent three days repeatedly stripping down its fuel system, checking it methodically, testing it, rebuilding it and successfully running it in the workshop only to find it throws [...]
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