We got a bludger

21 August 2019
rescue

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. This persons cat brought him in and so now we have him and when he is big enough we will set him free.

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.

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.

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.

Duckies, duckies everywhere

4 December 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….

Erwien’s return

17 November 2021
ducklings, ducks, people, places, rescue, vet

Erwien came back this years with a new bunch of ducklings and proudly presented them, just like last year. She’s such a good mummy.

The return of Erwien

2 October 2020
cats, ducklings, ducks, food, friends, people, places, rescue, vet

What a joy and surprise that was when a few days ago Erwien showed up with a boyfriends and a whole bunch of fluffy ducklings.