Day 11 of COVID-19 lockdown

Some pretty pictures of the local birds, nothing much else going on.

Found some Rosellas and Mr Naughty was over at the neighbour’s and was thinking what to do with the pheasants but decided quickly to let them be and carry on.

Nature has decided it’s spring

September 1, 2022
birds, cats, cheeky, dry, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, feed, flooding, goats, horses, mud, nature, night, rain, rescue, sun, twi, water, weather, winter

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

Duckies, duckies everywhere

December 4, 2021
background, birds, box, cats, content, ducklings, ducks, food, nature, outdoor, rescue

The little ducklings have grown over the last couple of days and become so docile, or should I rather say they’ve sussed out where the food comes from….

Making quills out of duck feathers

February 6, 2021
birds, family, kids, sea, walking

We created quills out of some duck feathers. They have the big advantage that the quill is actually pretty long already. Still not long enough to actually handle them properly though. Shaved some of the vane off and it was much better.

Life is slowing down

December 26, 2020
birds, box, christmas, ducklings, ducks, eggs, farm, house, kaipara, life, moon, moonshine, night, silver, sun, sunset, tree, valley, ziggy

After being rather busy over the last week before Christmas with a film crew on site and the typical “everything needs to be finished by Christmas” work frantic, we are now all truly in holiday mode. All at Pukeatua Farmstay wishing you a lovely and relaxed time and a Happy New 2021. May it bring prosperity and happiness.

Spring time – so beautiful

November 15, 2020
birds, ducklings, ducks, flowers, fog, garden, grass, tree, tui, valley, water, weather

Nothing much really has happened over the last few weeks and hence our updates have been rather sparse. One thing did happen however: Think it really turned spring.

Time of the year again: Ducks, ducks, ducks

September 15, 2020
birds, cats, ducklings, ducks, eggs, friends, grass, land, places, rescue

It’s that time of the year again where the cats and dogs in the neighbourhood start bringing in little chicks and ducklings. While a few of last year’s rescue ducks have returned sporadically throughout the year, they now seem to be returning in larger numbers and bringing their boy friends along.