Eggs – the difference and the life of chickens

12 February 2018
eggs, life, rescue, sea

Battery and our free range eggs in comparison — Battery eggs

One of our guests left us with some eggs – caged eggs.

I thought it was absolute fascinating to see the difference in eggs when I put some of ours into the egg carton too. Keep in mind that our chicken are mostly ex-battery hens that once used to produce those cage eggs. They were not considered good and productive enough for the batteries and hence would have been culled if we had not taken them.

I am just so glad they can still live a happy life.

Please if you can do one thing for animal welfare: Stop buying any of those cage eggs. If you like some more information, please have a look at Battery Hen Rescue and Rehoming. I am sure you find many more search results on the web.

Our 2023 Newcomer calves

11 August 2023
animals, calves, caramello, caramilk, family, farm, feeding, rescue

When our son did a placement on a nearby dairy farm during calving season, they forgot to book a calf for the bobby truck. That was the beginning of Caramel’s story.

February was more exciting than needed

1 March 2023
animals, cats, cylone, farm, fire, flooding, house, land, life, mud, muriwai, people, rain, rusty, valley, weather, winter, ziggy

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.

It’s almost February

29 January 2023
animals, christmas, event, farm, feed, flooding, garden, grass, land, outdoor, rain, rescue, shearing, tree

The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.

A goat ending story

30 September 2022
accident, animals, family, farm, goats, la, life, rusty, scenery, vet

How do you transport a goat that does not want to lay down, is somewhat hyperactive (on three legs) and takes interest in everything?

Nature has decided it’s spring

1 September 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.

Winter Solstice & Matariki

26 June 2022
background, box, christmas, content, cooking, ducks, eggs, family, farm, feed, goats, horses, la, land, nature, rats, scenery, shearing, sun, sunset, trapping, twi, weather, winter

The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.