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Mousewhisker's musings, inspirations, latest works of art, and farmlet happenings.
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Boys vs. Girls
Sharing your life with animals you're always learning something new, and one thing that surprised me was discovering that the boy lambs had quite definite personality differences from the girls. After my ewes produced only ram lambs for several years in a row (just my luck!) I was used to what I thought of as 'standard' lamb behaviour. When finally...
Boys vs. Girls
Sharing your life with animals you're always learning something new, and one thing that surprised me was discovering that the boy lambs had quite definite personality differences from the girls. After my ewes produced only ram lambs for several years in a row (just my luck!) I was used to what I thought of as 'standard' lamb behaviour. When finally...
Spring Arrivals
The latest one day old additions to the farmlet family.Now to think of names for them - at the moment it's rather confusing because we still call the mum Lambie since it just seemed to stick from when she was little and we never got round to calling her Mollie which is her proper name.So for now it's Lambie's Lambs...
Spring Arrivals
The latest one day old additions to the farmlet family.Now to think of names for them - at the moment it's rather confusing because we still call the mum Lambie since it just seemed to stick from when she was little and we never got round to calling her Mollie which is her proper name.So for now it's Lambie's Lambs...
Winter: The Wild & Woolies
It always seems like spring and summer days are the idyllic times of a country existence but I also really love the stormy winter nights when it's cold and theres a gale blowing and the rain is horizontal. Of course it's not so pleasant having to go outside to tend all the animals: squelching around in the mud at a...
Winter: The Wild & Woolies
It always seems like spring and summer days are the idyllic times of a country existence but I also really love the stormy winter nights when it's cold and theres a gale blowing and the rain is horizontal. Of course it's not so pleasant having to go outside to tend all the animals: squelching around in the mud at a...
They Did It!
Shortly after my first post about our enterprising quail pair Bertie and Gertie, they disappeared. I'd hoped they would decide to hatch a family at our place but after about a month of seeing no sign of either of them I'd given up hope and thought they must have gone elsewhere. But one day what did I see out of...
They Did It!
Shortly after my first post about our enterprising quail pair Bertie and Gertie, they disappeared. I'd hoped they would decide to hatch a family at our place but after about a month of seeing no sign of either of them I'd given up hope and thought they must have gone elsewhere. But one day what did I see out of...
The Quail Takeover
Meet Bertie and Gertie - a pair of Californian Quail who turned up on our doormat one afternoon a few months ago and started tapping with their beaks on the door! On their honeymoon perhaps and looking for luxury accommodation?Since then they have made the discovery that pretending to be chickens at feeding time is a good strategy and are...
The Quail Takeover
Meet Bertie and Gertie - a pair of Californian Quail who turned up on our doormat one afternoon a few months ago and started tapping with their beaks on the door! On their honeymoon perhaps and looking for luxury accommodation?Since then they have made the discovery that pretending to be chickens at feeding time is a good strategy and are...
Studio Visitor!
Meet Twynkle, my most talented caprine escapist. And yes those ears are real!My studio is located in a paddock right in the middle of our 1.5 acres, so I tend to get lots of nosey parker visitors – the kind either with beaks or four legs – if I leave the door or windows open.This sometimes actually has it's advantages...
Studio Visitor!
Meet Twynkle, my most talented caprine escapist. And yes those ears are real!My studio is located in a paddock right in the middle of our 1.5 acres, so I tend to get lots of nosey parker visitors – the kind either with beaks or four legs – if I leave the door or windows open.This sometimes actually has it's advantages...
