Posts for Mammal

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.

We did a roundtrip down the hill for pine cone collecting, fence fixing, alpaca seeing and moo encounter.

Drove down into the valley today to check up on the alpacas and the cheeky moo.

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

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.

Most animals stick to electric fences – our alpacas do not.

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.

Today Ziggy went to the doctor to get her stitches removed. They have been so itchy for the past two weeks since her playing with traffic.

Ziggy the cat went missing Sunday night and returned Monday morning injured. After emergency surgery at Vets North Kumeu, she’s now recovering safely at home.

Jolan reading Ziggy a story. Poor Ziggy is almost disappearing between the cuddly toys.