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Day one of not going out to anywhere, not having contact with anybody outside the property in an attempt to flatten the infection curve. National state of emergency.

It’s been a long time we had some cute calfies arriving here. Yesterday was the day 3x cute new calfies arriving. They walked down the driveway into the shelter and are now happily mixing and mingling with the horses.

A weekend of alpaca shearing, vet attendance, fixing fences and water troughs.

A few days ago we found this little chirp under Fluffy’s wings. A duckling hatched by a chicken… Unfortunately it survived only for 2 days.

Over the last couple of weeks several female Mallard ducks have been released back into freedom. The two which we released two weeks ago have turned into a permanent resident feature.

Today was a sad day at Pukeatua Farmstay. We had to say goodbye to Peekie, our female Buff Orpington Duck. She was all well last night and this morning we found her in a corner of the duck run. She must have died overnight.

Today we got some more ducklings they are called Nemo, Hank, Dory and Marlin.

Spring soon will turn into summer and the weather during the day is already so awesome.

Spring has just sprung and it’s getting time for tidy ups – spring time cleaning but outside.

The weather has not been too amazing over the last couple of weeks.

On Wednesday we got a new friend for the chicks. It is a duckling and is called Bludger. Bludger is a rescue as we got him of someone in the community.

Alpaca maintenance was on the cards this week – One of our winter tasks… ‘Pedicure’ for each animal, vitamin injection and drenching.