Tales from the Farm

Sharing everyday moments that make our little farm so special.

Animals

The Pig Processing That Didn’t Quite Go to Plan

Well, where do I begin? A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Phil, who runs a BBQ business and was looking for suckling piglets. We had five boys left and he said he’d take them. Great! I even sent him a photo of our cool room showing the last

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Animals

Poultry Auctions, Sleepy Pigs and an Expensive Cage

It was a big day at the Bendigo Poultry Club Auction and, to be honest, I was quite happy to be away from home while some dispatching was happening on the farm. As part of the auction committee, I spent the morning registering buyers, but still managed to do a

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Animals

Piglet Escape Artists

Yesterday was a hard day!   In the morning we had the 2 mums out and particularly Ginger she wanted to go back to her piglets. It took a lot of time as one of the issues to the 2nd pig paddock is the  gates,  one internal one. The only

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Animals

Pigs Gone Wild

We got very hot and bothered yesterday! It’s the same old story,  “what could go wrong”!? We had to get 7 piglets ear marked and then loaded into the trailer. They are  12  weeks old and full of sprite and heavy. Yep, “Let the fun begin” Luckily for us we

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