Pigs and Calves

The past weekend Heather and I spent a large amount of time constructing an enclosure in what was originally going to be the veggie plot.  The enclosure, 12m x 6m, with a 3x3m lean-to, was built to house the two newest inhabitants of the farm “this-one” and “that-one” our pigs.  Both are about six weeks old with one being a boar and the other being a gilt (or young sow).  We have procured them with the plan that in about 6 or so months we will dispatch them and get ...

Inspiration

Last Sunday Heather and I were having a lunchbreak and, as normal, were watching “Landline” on the ABC.  One of the stories featured was on the animal behaviourist Dr Temple Grandin (http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2013/s3877703.htm).

I had never heard of Dr Grandin before this story but I must admit after watching it I have been busy on the interweb researching this amazing woman and watching countless clips of interviews she has conducted.

For those who don’t ...

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Following on from our last blog “The Benefits of Vitamin C” I can report that Red has had an up and down week or so.  He seemed to be getting better then had a minor setback only to push through that to start looking a bit better.  We can only hope over time he continues to improve and makes a recovery.  Below is a photo taken on 22 October as he came to meet one of the farms new inhabitants.

This leads me onto talking about two new members of the Em Nau Farm family.  Firstly t...

The Benefits of Vitamin C

Recently Heather and I were given a little Santa Gertrudis cross bull calf by one of our neighbours (this calf incidentally was a half brother to “Ruby” one of the calves we had born on our farm last year).  The little fellow was a few days old and had been rejected by his mother and the neighbour didn’t have the time to hand rear the little bloke.

The neighbour gave us a call and said the calf was weak and the neighbour wasn’t sure if the calf had had any ...