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Barnyard Buddies:  New babies due at the farm!  |
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
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 Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 11:40:16 AM
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Dolly, our 8 yo Jersey cow is due in the next couple of weeks!!! A heifer calf is already spoken for and a bull calf will be the replacement for 'Almanzo'**.
Our Berkshire gilt, Mz Piggie, *may* be pregnant. She was in the same pasture with a boar from Feb - June. We thought the boar was shooting blanks, and we bought 6 piglets to raise for our customers and ourselves.
Just this week, Mz Piggie has started bagging up. !!!! We may soon have more piggies than we know what to do with!!
OH! and this year our pea fowl successfully hatched 5 pea chicks! WOOT!
** Almanzo is the unrelated young Jersey bull calf we have to service Dolly in her first heat. Then he will be steered, fattened up and go to freezer camp next year.
Cyndi
Muller's Lane Farm http://www.mullerslanefarm.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 1:13:39 PM
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That sounds great Cyndi! What a wonderful time! Isn't it exciting with babies on the way!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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OregonGal
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Chris
No. IL
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 8:27:59 PM
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You must be in a very fertile area, there Cyndi. Congratulations on all your new arrivals. I have a peahen, but my
peacock isn't old enough to mate with her yet - for now they just stroll around together. How do you keep the critters
from getting those baby peafowls? |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 02:53:39 AM
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Cyndi,
How very exciting and fun for you. Want a laugh, I was trying to figure out what pea fowl were, when all the sudden it dawned on me.....Peacocks....not slow or anything this morning am I. Congrats on your new soon to be arrivals.
Man are you gonna have a full house!!!!! How fun.
Carol Sue
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4205 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 04:26:10 AM
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Babies everywhere, it will be a busy time at your place. Hope all goes well for everyone.
Michele |
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 05:36:03 AM
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Originally posted by OregonGal
How do you keep the critters from getting those baby peafowls?
Hi Chris! Long time!
We've learned the hard way to collect up any chicks (keets, poults) as soon as they appear with the hen. They're placed in a brooder, then in the 'play pen' (a huge dog run wrapped with chicken wire & a top on it). When they out grow that, they're big enough to free range.
Cyndi
Muller's Lane Farm http://www.mullerslanefarm.com
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 05:37:05 AM
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Originally posted by Alee
That sounds great Cyndi! What a wonderful time! Isn't it exciting with babies on the way!
Oh boy! Exciting and nerve wracking wondering when the birthing day will be!
Cyndi
Muller's Lane Farm http://www.mullerslanefarm.com
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 05:38:43 AM
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Originally posted by Carol Sue
Want a laugh, I was trying to figure out what pea fowl were, when all the sudden it dawned on me.....Peacocks....
Carol Sue - the males are peacocks, the hens are peahens and the chicks are peachicks, collectively they are peafowl. Most folks just call them all peacocks though!! I keep forgetting that though.
Cyndi
Muller's Lane Farm http://www.mullerslanefarm.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 06:25:54 AM
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OH my goodness [OLD MOTHER HUBBARD LIVED IN A SHOE, HAD SO MANY CHILDREN SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO"!! Not that you are old mother Hubbard, but you get the idea. Lots of new mouths to feed. Love new babies, are you going to put pictures up for us to see?
NANCY JO
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
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Barnyard Buddies: New babies due at the farm! |
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New babies due at the farm!
