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Two boys using a sqeegee and broom toclean a farrowing pen.

‘It’s supposed to be a holiday!’

15 February, 2012 by Stonehead 7 Comments

Schools were closed for three days this week. According to the boys, this was because ‘it’s a holiday’. I agreed: they were home to give me a holiday, especially with my fractured wrist enforcing ‘loafing’ upon me. I sent the boys out to scrub the farrowing pen, make beds for the sow and piglets, freshen [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

chickens, chores, Crofting, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding

I must have enjoyed it–look at the smile!

The job will be done

13 February, 2012 by Stonehead 4 Comments

Just before lunch, the Other Half drove us to Inverurie so I could buy a 12mm HSS bit to bore new holes in the steel creep. (Fortunately, today is a school holiday in our part of Scotland.) With the new bit, and a chip butty tucked away, I was able to resume work on the [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Berkshire pigs, Crofting, DIY, Farming, farrowing, Pig farming, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding

A bloke sitting on the floor, right arm in a sling, removing a bolt with his left.

Needs must with piglets due

12 February, 2012 by Stonehead 0 Comments

Delilah, one of our Berkshire sows, is due to farrow within the next seven to 10 days. However, I dismantled the farrowing pen in the byre to renovate it. I completed the renovations but was planning to refit the creep and trough last week. It wasn’t to happen. I dislocated and fractured my wrist, bringing [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Animal welfare, Crofting, farrowing, Pig farming, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding

A Berkshire boar with his mouth open, showing his tusks.

Smile for the camera

11 January, 2012 by Stonehead 7 Comments

What can I put on the blog today? Sunrise? Done that. Sunset? Done that. Land Rover? Done that? Vegetable crops? Too soon. Snow? Not happening. Hmm. I know, I’ll go and take a photo of our Berkshire boar. To make it different, I’ll get in low and close, really close, really really close. Then I’ll [...]

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Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Livestock, Pigs, postaweek2012, Smallholding

Harvey picks his way from stone to stone to avoid the ice.

I’ll have my ice in a glass

20 December, 2011 by Stonehead 11 Comments

We’ve had a fortnight of sub-freezing conditions with the night-time temperature often falling to -8ºC and the day-time temperature rarely hitting zero. As a result, the soil has begun its winter freeze, aided and abetted by snow cover and a lack of sunshine. We’re used to it, as are the animals. It can even be [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

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