tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63559483429066100662024-02-08T03:52:50.401+00:00Conservation Mowers and other CrittersA blog about us & our home near Ellesmere, North ShropshireKSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-50169769686500504222019-01-25T20:37:00.005+00:002019-01-25T20:38:41.083+00:00I have been very busy stripping the Ambulance down and returning it back to effectively a standard Van.<br />
All that is being documented on YouTube.<br />
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I have tried through the initial videos, to give people an idea of what is involved if they decided to take on a similar type of Ambulance i.e a panel van variant.<br />
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Here is the Introductory video:<br />
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I also have created a full Playlist for Project 'Thistle'<br />
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRAHdc9FtNQy1qd0wc_DvD0hwLapkbSHS<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-11193909260446558342018-10-31T21:19:00.002+00:002019-01-25T19:59:09.110+00:00Project Thistle<br />
I retired mid December 2018. Hence we move to the next chapter in our lives at Criftins<br />
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To date our field has been<br />
A Playground for growing small (now bigger than me) boys.<br />
A meeting place for various Car Clubs.<br />
A Campsite.<br />
A Menagerie (we still have loads of Chickens and two Sheep).<br />
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We are now thinking what next. We are going to let the Chickens naturally reduce to no more than a dozen and I need a creative outlet.... maybe it could lend itself to the odd camper again!<br />
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I also have fair bit of work to do in the Garden.<br />
I bought a tow-able digger in the summer to dig out the overflow to the main pond, (we have a bit of a leak) and to lay some new drains and landscape part of the Garden etc. Which I will be doing in the new year, I am just not sue which new year!<br />
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We want to open the garden up especially on the South side where the Chalet is, and we have also decided to fence off the drive to my workshop. The dogs tear off to the front gates barking at anything that moves so some side fencing will stop that.<br />
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Why do I mention a Towable digger in a Project post though?<br />
Well the other thing it is going to be used for is to reshape part of the drive because I now need to get something quite big under the Carport, read on ....<br />
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We are very lucky living on the Welsh borders and we spend a lot of time in Snowdonia, we have also been missing our regular trips to Scotland. Now that the boys are old enough to hold the fort we can have a bit more freedom again.<br />
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We were pondering whether or not to buy a Caravan or a Motorhome then we started watching a series of YouTube Channels and we (I) realised it would be far more sensible and cost effective to build our own Camper Van.<br />
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One YouTube channel really stands out, that of Greg Virgoes' if there is a better how to build a CamperVan out there I have yet to find it!<br />
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As I mentioned in the last post we were also inspired by the Adventures of "Explorer Buddies" aka Florence and the Morgans and "Wandering Bird Adventures". I have put links to their channels over to the right and up or down? a bit >>>>>><br />
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I would like to introduce our next Project a LWB VW Crafter we have called "Thistle" that will become our (first) Camper Van.<br />
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As can be seen in the pictures Thistle is an ex Ambulance but with only 86,000 miles on the clock and with an Automatic gearbox he is quite a rare beast. He also came equipped with lots of equipment that I can re use or would have needed to buy such as side windows, roof vents, rear Aircon and Heater Air Suspension various cabinets etc. plus a 500KG hydraulic stretcher ramp that I hope to find a home for, it lifted my Motorbike with ease!<br />
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At the moment Thistle is undergoing 'pre op' checks, the patient has a few issues to sort out as a result of it being decommed from service and then I believe he was unused for 18 months.<br />
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There is wiring all over the shop to identify and remove or re purpose. I did not receive a service history, no doubt he has been serviced regularly but for peace of mind I will be doing a full service anyway plus the usual jobs I do for every vehicle we buy.<br />
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Over the next few month I will post pictures and details of the work in progress here and may have a go at the odd YouTube effort myself<br />
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First job is a complete strip out back to a bare van. Aim is to take Karen somewhere in April for her birthday.<br />
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If these girls can go more than 5 yards without stopping for a sniff, it's a miracle! The only thing that really distracts them is a bunny or squirrel in the road and then they're off like little rockets. They also REALLY like blackberries, this is one of their favourite times of year.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-33040849625082754712018-09-23T20:46:00.004+01:002018-09-23T20:56:08.520+01:00Long overdue for an update sorry!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
There's been zero updates to the blog for way too long sorry.<br />
For those that don't know Karen was diagnosed late 2013 with breast cancer.<o:p></o:p><br />
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She had an op followed by
months of Chemo and then Radiotherapy through 2014.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am glad to say by early 2015 all the 'nasty' treatment had ended and she now just has regular checkups.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We decided to take a well-earned
holiday during Easter 2015.<br />
We had a fantastic cruise around the Med however perhaps visiting Rome & especially the Vatican on good Friday was not the best idea!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unfortunately within a few days of our return I
discovered HP had decided to select me for compulsory redundancy! They then changed their minds
and withdrew "the offer" the day before I was due to leave in April.</div>
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I was not impressed, fast forward 3 months and I
decided not to play their, will they, won't they game anymore and took
voluntary redundancy in the July. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The pay-out was enough to live
on for 3 years if necessary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I spent the next 3 months
pondering what I wanted to do, I fancied a complete change but realised my skill
set as an IT PM and CV full of prestigious companies had value.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have always wanted/planned to retire by 60 if
poss. so we decided to set up a Ltd Company and I now provide a range of
services to select clients as an IT Consultant - the business has done very
well. So well in fact we have paid off our mortgage & I have been able to significantly increase my personal pension pot.<br />
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I now plan to 'retire' at the end of 2018.<br />
I need a bit of a rest and obviously Karen having retired in 1996 when Peter was born is well ahead of me in that respect............Ouch........<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Kids:</div>
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Peter left home in June 2015,
initially he went to stay with friends in York but latterly has moved in with
another friend in Mid Wales, not the best place to hope to find work though!<br />
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Late last summer he went to stay with 'Nan' in Sittingbourne and over the Xmas break we discussed his plans for the future, he has developed an interest in woodwork and with fairly rudimentary tools has made several very convincing replicas of medieval weapons.<br />
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We decided to fund a carpentry course and Peter is now back home with us and attending Wrexham college.<br />
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David finished 6th form in 2016 and his A level results secured him his preferred place
at Salford University studying TV & Radio Production. He is currently doing his final year with plans to do a Masters afterwards, he lives in local accommodation and is working part time for various production companies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alden selected his final options at Secondary School & recently applied to join the Navy he hope to gain entry to Welbeck - The Defence Sixth Form College. and train as a weapons officer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have had a change of cars I
bought a BMW 5 series automatic diesel estate just before diesel started to
become the subject of much political debate!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The MG V8 was sold :(<br />
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I bought s BMW R1200ST :)<br />
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We have also gone very green
and we bought a Kia Soul Electric Car for Karen she loves it and I often prefer
it myself instead of the BMW!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Next year is going to be very different I have loads of jobs around the house to catch up on & we are giving serious consideration to buying or more likely building a camper Van.<br />
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We have taken inspiration from several people on YouTube<br />
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The 'Morgans' and 'Wandering Bird' respectively have inspired us to consider getting our own Motorhome.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQrwFwbaOEC_rJMKK7szNg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQrwFwbaOEC_rJMKK7szNg</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6tX_LLjrrOy9tk6OwVsfQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6tX_LLjrrOy9tk6OwVsfQ</a><br />
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Greg Virgoe is doing a masterclass on his diy Sprinter van Conversion:<br />
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With North Wales virtually on our door step and our familiarity with Scotland it seems a very sensible way to travel and we can take the dogs!<br />
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KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-50711487251277857112014-10-14T22:25:00.002+01:002014-10-14T22:27:45.241+01:00Meet Sam, Molly and SuzieWe decided on a Beagle... and some Corgis, Or put another way a proper dog for Alden and I and a couple of ankle bitters for Karen, she had wanted another Corgi for years and when we went to choose one of these two well... she could not decide so we had them both!<br />
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If you consider I could be nearing 70 by the time these three go we decided if we were going to have more than one dog again this was the right time.<br />
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We bought Sam via an ad on preloved, his previous owners were very diligent and brought him here themselves in order to check us out, Alden had the opportunity to play with him and decide if a Beagle fits the bill he decided yes quite quickly.<br />
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Sam is a lovely chap 16 months old relatively well behaved and his only vice is he does not understand the word 'Down' yet! He has very good 'doggy' manners and meets and greets other dogs without any drama a refreshing change to Teaser as she was always nervous and barked constantly.<br />
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He loves his walks and displays typical hound traits of exploring and clearing off into the distance given any opportunity. He has taken very well to the Corgis which, as we had expected is in part due to his relative young age he is really good with them only getting a bit over excited when their little needle like puppy teeth find a soft spot!<br />
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Where's that wabbit:<br />
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Here we have Suzie on the left and Molly on the right, they both had rather dicky tummies on arrival but since sorting that out they have been clean over night which is very good for relatively young puppies. We are waiting to give them their second vaccination shots then a couple of weeks later Karen can start to walk them, meanwhile they jealously watch Sam go for his walks!<br />
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Sam spend his days on the landing keeping an eye on me as my office is on the left!<br />
We have dug out one of the baby gates to keep the Corgis down stairs as so far they can get up the stairs ok but not down!<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-86987624317325003672014-09-21T09:27:00.001+01:002014-09-21T09:27:15.558+01:00Teaser 2000 - 2014On Friday we sadly had to have Teaser pts. She had been suffering from arthritis for the last 18 months and had been on an anti-inflammatory drug called Metacam for most of this year. In the last few weeks she was clearly beginning to suffer pain and was finding it harder to stand on her own often needing us to carry her outside. So we had to make the difficult but inevitable decision and she is now buried in the Garden.<br />
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We will keep the fond memories of her and she sits within our families (dog) history as a real character.<br />
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So now what next maybe another Corgi or Dalmatian, perhaps a Beagle as I have memories of the one I had many years ago, I personally would love another Springer Spaniel but with the large Pond in the field I know we would have a permanently wet dog!<br />
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As both Peter and David will (should) have left home by the time the next dog we get reaches into old age we are going to let Alden have a say in the next one as it will most likely become his long term companion over the next few years, and Alden will take on Peters role of chief dog walker at the weekends<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-7038618973047715632014-05-20T11:29:00.003+01:002014-05-21T10:35:19.232+01:00GoslingsThe Geese decided to sit on their first clutch of eggs. <br />
It was chaos :)<br />
Both sat on a kind of stereo nest in the Dog Kennel.<br />
Both pinched each others eggs.<br />
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Several were infertile.<br />
Several breakages from big Goose feet, Geese seem a bit clumsy.<br />
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Then one little Gosling appeared. A day later I fould another crushed and dead as it was hatching.<br />
the following day I heard another pipping I kept a close eye and found its egg also crushed but it was still alive. I decided it needed some help and put it in the incubator, where it hatched and after 24 hours to dry off I placed the gosling under mother Gooses wing with her brother or sister.<br />
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We had several more eggs, one went bang as I examined it and the smell of rotten goose egg is not nice.<br />
One that was fertile but was about a week late, it hatched but the gosling did not seem properly developed and I culled it.<br />
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So we have two and we now have a productive breeding trio of Geese.<br />
Meet Lucky (or Lucy) and Squash <br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-23502019715980906642014-02-24T20:03:00.000+00:002018-09-23T21:10:35.375+01:00Wheely bin to the rescue and titchies!Last week Alden noticed one of the Appenzellars going into some bushes beside the Bungalow and emerging a bit later going La La La La La La La La La.<br />
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On investigation he found a pile of Eggs 23 of them!<br />
We have three or four regular escapees that spend their days in the Garden rather than the field <br />
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Clearly one or more birds had been laying there for days. <br />
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It was not a good place to be laying eggs and once they had been disturbed it was abandoned in preference to the Dog Kennel I have in the garage which we use to house poorly birds.<br />
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The garage is normally locked so this morning today I found two hens A Scot Grey and one of the four Appenzellars under the car port clearly looking desperate<br />
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I steered them back into the run where all the proper nest boxes are but nope so were soon over the fence again.<br />
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So then I thought about our broken Wheely Bin<br />
We were using it for hay bales as they are a perfect fit so I took out most of the hay and laid it on its side.<br />
In not time at all two eggs appeared so it looks like we have yet another communal nest box.<br />
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A long time ago (in Alden terms) well about 18 months ago to be precise Alden saw some Yellow Partridge Bantams and has been going on about them ever since. well this weekend he bought some from a local breeder with his pocket money. They are tiny as in Blackbird size so the eggs will be extremely tiny as well yet will he dare try a tiny omelette or boiled egg.......... no!<br />
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They look just like these<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-9679460719986373722014-01-29T20:29:00.003+00:002018-09-23T21:11:48.410+01:00Good News, sort ofWell I survived the Cull (not the Chicken kind) and still have a job for now.<br />
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Hard to say for how long though as the company I work for seems hell bent on demoralising and offloading most of the UK staff.<br />
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Karen and I am off for her second dose of Chemo on Friday morning. So far she has not had too many side effects and I really hope it stays that way<br />
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The Chickens are coping amazingly well with this dreadful wet 12 eggs yesterday that's pretty good for this time of year!<br />
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Lets rewind to warmer weather when flowers could hide lurking monsters<br />
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And baby Chicks could Sunbathe<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-56594635015421218322014-01-11T19:00:00.000+00:002014-01-11T19:01:31.928+00:00An Update on Karen and no Sheep now.<br />
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Karen had her fist Chemotherapy treatment yesterday it went well (for want of a better word)<br />
However she is now already feeling the effects and is a little bit queasy.<br />
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She has a myriad of anti sickness tablets to take for most of the coming week plus requires injection every day for 7 days after each three weekly Chemo session of steroids to maintain her immune system.<br />
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She gets to go and collect a wig on Tuesday but will she wear it I wonder :)<br />
In fact Tuesday will be a busy day as she is getting an MOT - well a Bone scan and a spinal scan as well<br />
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To top off an already difficult start to the year I work for a huge well known, company. 'They' decided to tell me last week there is a 40% chance I will be made redundant by the end of the month!<br />
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I will know (if they keep their word) by next Wednesday if I am on the scrap heap or not!<br />
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A sad day today<br />
I had a surprisingly good response to the advert I placed on Preloved and I took Mars and Leo to a new home on a farm in Market Drayton today.<br />
Lots of space for them there but I will miss them.<br />
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in reality we simply don't have enough winter grazing here which mean buying in hay which defeats the object of having them. Plus
alternating the ponies between here and our neighbours field in the spring may be the
best option as it will allow me the manage the grass here more easily as I still want to keep something to eat it instead of mow it<br />
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However the Chickens and Geese do seem to get through a surprising amount themselves......... more Geese perhaps..........<br />
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now as it so wet and muddy underfoot the Ponies are back here boxed
each night and wrecking the remaining grass by day. In fact I think they
welcomed it as I think even for Shetlands it has been a tad too wet of
late!<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-58445975315316398482013-12-24T14:41:00.004+00:002014-01-11T18:34:26.771+00:00Roundup - almost one year on since starting this BlogWhat a difference a year makes!<br />
We started out on an exercise to avoid mowing our paddock and to provide some eggs (and as it transpired some poultry) for the table.<br />
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So in late Autumn 2012 we were busy putting up new stock fencing etc.<br />
Primarily to allow the Chickens to free range in relatively safety but also so we could consider a suitable type of four legged lawn mowers. A single Horse or Pony that we could ride and or Alpacas were high up on the short-list but at hundreds to thousands of pounds each they proved a little too expensive.<br />
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On Jan 1st last year we bought four Soay Sheep that became seven with the fantastic arrival of three lambs in the spring, as well as a couple of Shetland Ponies, and we had great fun acquiring the three Geese and hatching loads of chickens later in the year. We did not add to the Ducks we already had as eight of them (now seven) have proven more than enough for a good supply of eggs and muddy puddles........Ducks like mud!<br />
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All was going well until November when Karen was diagnosed with Cancer, and following successful surgery earlier this month she will soon be undertaking a course of Chemo then Radio therapy.<br />
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That however has forced us to make some sad but necessary decisions as Karen will need looking after and a lot of rest for the next few months.<br />
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So on Sunday I took all our Ewes to Linda (who we originally bought the Ponies from) in Wem and I have advertised Mars and Leo on Preloved. If I can't home the then I think they will be off to the slaughter house...........lets hope not.<br />
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I will possibly be looking to re home the Ponies as well although they are much easier to manage than the sheep as they are completely portable on leads! David dutifully tends to them daily, they have almost munched their way through our neighbours field so we will be bringing them home shortly which will make them easier to look after. This wretched heavy rain is a repeat of last year and does not bode well for our paddock however last spring looking at the muddy expanse I had no idea if the grass would ever recover, this year I know differently!<br />
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The Ducks and Geese can pretty much fend for themselves so we will keep them and the Chickens I look after during my lunch breaks. <br />
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With hindsight buying several more birds from Oswestry auction in October was a bad idea as right now we could do with fewer chickens but it does not take that much longer to look after them all plus if they become too much trouble then there is always the freezer for some of the older ones that seem to think not laying eggs is an option :)<br />
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We are also slowly eating the roosters we hatched out in May! That has proven to be an experience as this time last year we had never killed and eaten anything home grown ever! Now as our summer chicks grow we are seeing the results lovely blue and white eggs to go with the varying shades of Browns from the hens and something nice for dinner from the Roosters and even the odd Rabbit. <br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-17647864114140805912013-12-10T19:14:00.001+00:002013-12-10T19:14:16.745+00:00Blue EggsSuccess! at least two of this years new birds are laying good pastel blue eggs but I have yet to see who!<br />
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The eggs are quite small at the moement but should get a little larger as the hen matures.<br />
It could be our only Araucana hen called Gerbil or the Cream Legbars or even Misty as we think she might be white Cream Legbar sport.<br />
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I will try and take a picture of one assuming it survives long enough as the last two ended up on toast!KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-22775766924890036402013-11-24T22:01:00.004+00:002013-11-24T22:01:59.626+00:00FrostOn Saturday we had a proper Frost .<br />
Bent Beak was sulking <br />
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One of Aldens Orps found a Sunny spot.<br />
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The trees are in their final colours <br />
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Our biggest SLW Roo told everyone about his apple <br />
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Peanut is still the only one of our hatchlings laying any eggs! <br />
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Perry can fly very well even with his wing clipped <br />
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Yellow Curry was on guard <br />
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Godzilla and Snowy<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-6837094166742621982013-11-20T20:51:00.004+00:002013-11-20T20:51:57.555+00:00A trip to the National Poultry ShowOn Saturday we went to the National Poultry Show<br />
We saw an amazing variety of birds<br />
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here's a few Firstly an Apenzellar Spitzhauben Roo<br />
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A rumpless Araucana ( I think) <br />
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Ummm...... <br />
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Very very Brown eggs from a good strain of Maran<br />
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Typical Brown eggs similar to those we get from our Marans <br />
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A Poland <br />
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Scots Gray roo <br />
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Russian Orloff<br />
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A Wyandotte roo I think<br />
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Another one<br />
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An Alden<br />
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A Blue Laced Wyandotte hen<br />
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<br />A silver Spangled Hamburgh<br />
The green dots look like they have been stuck on they stand out so well! <br />
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A Dutch Bantam roo <br />
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a Faverole <br />
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New Hampshire Red<br />
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-38710840555631819892013-10-27T21:01:00.001+00:002013-10-27T21:01:44.234+00:00Aldens Orp'sGuess what? We went to the Auction at Oswestry Showground yesterday and we came home with a few waifs and strays. Alden bought these Orpingtons with his pocket money, a black called Onyx, a splash called Doris and two blues called Bluebell and Sooty.<br />
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Keith rather fancied these Legbars, <br />
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and we really went to buy some replacement Welsummers. These are really timid.<br />
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I wanted some stripey birds and these Scots Greys were just right. They are lovely birds, quite friendly and surprisingly soft feathered.<br />
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The lambs and ewes having an afternoon nibble </div>
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Mars eating the shrubbery</div>
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One of the silver laced Wyandotte cockerels and a Vorwerk cockerel.</div>
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Everyones happy out in the field and the orchard.</div>
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Mr T. or now we've found out it's a girl, Misty</div>
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-92077080708572600162013-10-20T20:01:00.001+01:002013-10-20T20:01:54.319+01:00New fancy hensAfter processing five cockerels this morning, we went out and bought three new hens. One Vorwerk and two Appenzeller Spitzhaubens. Not the best photo's but there will be better ones soon.<br />
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This was a little bit of 'leaf printing' I did at the Embroiders Guild meeting on Friday.<br />
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Egg Count for last week was -<br />
Chickens - 19<br />
Ducks - 5<br />
exactly the same as the week before.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-18425940469031105322013-10-12T09:17:00.004+01:002013-10-20T20:02:19.938+01:00WabbitThis year we have been near overrun by Wabbits and some have demolished the veg plot others have dug under my only surviving Magnolia. So for a while I have contemplated shooting some.<br />
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Well earlier this week whilst waiting for a Rat that has been seen in the Chicken run to appear (which did not) I noticed a large Bunny Wabbit on the far side of the field, it was near dark and as I needed to discharge my Rifle I thought lets have a go. Well down it went.<br />
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It was a lucky shot as it was near max range.<br />
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I left it to hang and Karen butchered it the next morning, we had Rabbit for dinner that evening, and it was great<br />
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I did a bit of reading and apparently 6 Rabbit eat as much as one Sheep!<br />
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<a href="http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/truth-about-rabbit">http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/truth-about-rabbit</a><br />
<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-31479873648700694132013-10-07T20:07:00.002+01:002013-10-07T20:07:57.448+01:00Egg count and broodies.Two weeks worth of egg counts I'm afraid - sorry.<br />
Chickens - 16 & 10<br />
Ducks - 7 & 4<br />
Overall this year since I started counting, the chickens have given me 728 eggs and the Ducks 517 eggs.<br />
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Things are slowing down but the good news is that Copper seems to be over her broody phase and Snowy, who was broody is laying again. The Barnvelder girls are moulting like there's no tomorrow. Some mornings I go to clean out the chicken shed and you would think there's been a pillow fight in there overnight, literally handfuls of feathers under the perches. Faye seems to be the worst, she has a bare chest.<br />
I had hoped that Boris would be laying but she doesn't seem bothered yet. At 27 weeks (just over six months), I thought I would have had something by now. The other chicks are 20 weeks, so as they are different breeds maybe some of them will start laying in the next few weeks.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-74246726051855570382013-10-07T19:57:00.004+01:002013-10-07T19:58:43.765+01:00DinnerThis weekend was a new milestone, two of the Roosters became Dinners!<br />
We watched plenty of You Tube type videos to understand how to humanely kill, de feather and butcher them, and proceeded to do the deed on Saturday morning.<br />
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All in all it really was not to difficult we still have all of our fingers!<br />
It just took longer than expected but that will improve with practice.<br />
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In addition all the veg came from the Garden as well so we have enough meat and veg to have some totally home sourced dinners for several days <br />
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The bottle of wine seemed very suitable and was part of a case of twelve that I received as a reward from work for being a good egg! <br />
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It will be the turn of some of the Curries next probably four of them.<br />
We will keep one of them - Yellow Curry for a bit longer as he is by far the most Grown up of the boys at the moment and he is great to watch offering anything he can to his Hens!<br />
<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-79947423422823721312013-10-07T19:49:00.007+01:002013-10-07T19:49:48.540+01:00Strange things.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a picture in this scattered chicken food on a tile in the feild. I think it's a dog. Keith thinks it's a secret message to Alden from one of the chickens.<br />
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Alden found this 'Hap-pea' at dinner time.</div>
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<br />KSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15181103142431995075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-32142313164436902532013-09-26T19:42:00.000+01:002013-09-26T19:42:31.691+01:00Ponies are back for a holiday.Keith brought the ponies back for a holiday as he needed them to munch some grass for him.<br />
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Sadly, the geese were not as pleased to see them... <br />
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Cleo didn't make it and left us on Monday.<br />
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These are the cockerels having their meal worms, its a race.<br />
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Snowy has finally broken out of her 'broody' phase. Copper caught one of her toes in the slots of the nest box she was in. We released her with the help of some washing up liquid and stood her in some cold water afterwards. Earlier I had to help Mrs Bustles head out of the egg box part of the nest box, she must have been curious what was down there. I had taken the straw out that we had put in to encourage the hens to lay in the boxes, perhaps I'd better put it back!<br />
Last week I had 19 chicken eggs and 6 duck eggs. I had a lovely time on Saturday making cookies, biscuits, a salmon & courgette flan and a big Duck egg cake (that was gone by Sunday!). Only Bubble is still laying and she has now made herself a nest round the other side of the pond, which involves climbing fences.<br />
This weekend I am going to make the Christmas cake. It needs to be made early so that there is plenty of time to soak it in Whisky!!Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355948342906610066.post-24862863679779959622013-09-19T19:03:00.001+01:002013-09-26T19:44:07.929+01:00Bug HuntingFirst a Cleo update<br />
She is hanging on, eating and drinking fine just unwilling to try and stand she still seems to have plenty of strength in her wings and legs though when we handle her so who knows she may make it through.<br />
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I hope so as she was such a cute little chick and I am so cross I stood on her.<br />
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Cleo a few weeks ago.<br />
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At lunch time today I was surveying the boundary hedges as they are due for a serious haircut this year.<br />
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I came across a pair of mating Dragonflies on a blackberry I went indoors to fetch my camera but on my return they had gone however one was nearby settled on the post<br />
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On the original blackberry bush was this butterfly<br />
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Meanwhile some of the boys were bug hunting. <br />
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A SLW (Silver Laced Wyandotte)<br />
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The Chickens love Apple as well and we have loads on the trees this year which is incedible considering the damage the weather and sheep have done, the trees hardly have any bark left!<br />
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Cleos Brother<br />
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Mars keeping an eye on me. <br />
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We had the 'plaster' off Cleo's foot yesterday and it looks OK as far as it is the right colour and the skin/scales on her leg and ankle are healed. There is a bit of a lump where the break is and I suppose that's where the new bone has grown. However, she can't seem to stand up and is quite wobbly on her legs, except when I put her down on the grass outside yesterday and she bolted off towards the field! Keith put her back in with the others this morning but they were pecking her a lot and she didn't have the strength to run away so she is in the Eglu up on the grass outside the conservatory, which is softer than the slabs and straw she was on before. That does mean she is isolated from the rest of the flock for the moment whereas before she was on the platform and had them all walking around and on top of her run.<br />
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Egg count this week -<br />
Chickens - 12<br />
Ducks - 8<br />
Still have a broody Snowdrop but it looks like Dotty may be laying again. I had three chicken eggs this morning but only one duck egg and that was Bubble, who is also looking a little under the weather and quite thin although she seems to be eating well. Thing is she's been through the moult, is growing new feathers and laying eggs. I don't think that's a good thing for any bird, they should be putting all their energy into new feathers or eggs not both at the same time.<br />
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All the roosters that we are sure of, (except Legless and Godzilla) are now in the tractor in the orchard. The last six went in yesterday evening after spending the day together out in the field, and there was a fight or two from the other birds but it all seemed to settle down as it got darker. Today when I took the meal worms down, there were two distinct groups standing by the fence waiting. Even though they are 'brothers', there is a distinct divide between them. 'Yellow Curry' is the top roo followed by his right hand man 'Red Curry'. Named after the leg rings and the meal they may or may not end up in.<br />
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These are the 'old' roosters.<br />
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These are the 'new' guys being watched by Yellow Curry.<br />
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Here's a nice looking sheep and there is Mr. T. (below left) due to the hairstyle, who is probably a girl and my have to be renamed Misty. And Gerbil, because of her cheek muffs, having a snack with one of the lambs. They really like rose hips!<br />
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This green chicken is a Diesel along with one of the Zebra'sKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10457088814883317900noreply@blogger.com1