Farmyard Fun

Lots of livestock ideas at Sheepworld... I'd really love a donkey even if they're not much use for anything.

Playing Possum

Sheepworld is one of the few places where you can get close and personal with a possum. We've only seen them in the dark on our land, high up in a tree, scampering away from the torchlight.

It's better that way as I feel less guilty about putting the poison out. I just have to keep telling myself that they're nasty little creatures who eat the baby birds.

Shearing at Sheepworld

I watched the shearing carefully at Sheepworld for about the third time but I think we'll need to call in the professionals once we have our own flock...

Sheepworld!

My trip up north with my parents started at the same place as our first NZ road trip - Sheepworld!

Fortunately this time our campervan didn't break down and we weren't stranded there for three days waiting for a replacement. Instead, we enjoyed the sheep show and then headed up to Whangarei. I left longing for a dog and a flock of sheep all of my own though.

Splat!

James found this owl-print on the bedroom window recently. We looked down but couldn't see anything so can only assume the morepork flew off again. Glad the window wasn't open!

Hot Chick

New Life

One of our hens went broody about three weeks ago and we weren't really sure whether she was going to have any success. We candled the eggs with a torch though and could clearly see something in one of the eggs. So we left her to it.

And then one morning James went down to let the chickens out and found a lovely little chick in the nest box. The next night we could hear chirping from a second egg and saw a little hole opening up. And in no time at all, we had a third chick, looking a bit tired and scruffy but just fine.

The last chick has fluffed up now and we've installed mother hen and her brood in a coop in the garage to keep them safe from the roosters. Let's just hope these three grow up to be girls!