A Life Less Simple

I have moved…

Administrator — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:12:28 +0000

www.alifelesssimple.wordpress.com

I’m Moving

Administrator — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:08:51 +0000

More news soon…

Fresh Milk

Administrator — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:26:19 +0000

I started hand milking Primrose on Friday, I haven’t handed milk properly for a couple of years now so me fingers and wrists are really hurting. It’s nice though, her milk is really creamy and after about an hour in the fridge then the top of the milk is yellow with the cream. So next on my list to buy (when I get paid, as always) is a butter churn and we can have all our own butter as well as milk.

Last week I decided to sell/rehome all my AOV (any other verity) goats, I just have too many at the moment. I’m going to be sad to see them go but so long as they go somewhere nice then it will be ok. AnnieRose is the first going, next weekend, I found an ad for someone looking for a goat to keep their maiden milker company after their oldest goat died and they came to see her today. It sounds like a really nice home.

Busy Weekend

Administrator — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:59:22 +0000

Primrose calved on Sunday, a little brown bull calve. She did it all by herself.

He still needs a name, I think he looks like he’s called something starting with a ‘H’ but haven’t come up with anything yet. He is drinking well, and from all four quarters.

Still just the one lamb

Some of the other ewes are looking very big now though, but have been since before this little one was born.

My seed beads arrived yesterday morning, I’m going to make a red and black chocker next I think.

I still have a yellow and orange bracelet that I haven’t finished yet but I’m going to have to un-stitching as when I add some more to it the other day I’ve put the beads on in the wrong order.

Eggs Again

Administrator — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:34:59 +0000

My quail have started laying again, Rhys found this on the floor of their house last night

What’s even more pleasing is that it’s from my pair where I wasn’t 100% sure that it was a male and female but this proves it. The quail are still all indoors as it seem just a little bit to cold to put them back out yet but it should soon be warm enough.

I order some seed beads and other bits today, or I finally paid for the order that I’ve been putting together for a week or so. I haven’t done any bead weaving for a while now as I got feed-up with the primary colours I had, I had all these ideas for golds and blacks but nothing for bright green and red.

Comfort Food

Administrator — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:56:48 +0000

For a few days now I’ve had a cold, not a bad cold but just enough of a cold so as I can’t breath through my nose and my top lip has dried out and cracked from where I need to keep blowing my nose.

So comfort food was needed tonight, leek and potato soup. The leeks are comforting as they’re one of the very few things that I’ve grown myself, and I know full well that the rest of the ingredents, onions and potatos, are all things that I plan to grow for myself next year.

I’ve got the next four days off and it would be so nice to get atleast most of my long to-do list done, I just have to sit down and write it now.

Lambing Begins

Administrator — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:20:26 +0000

First lamb born today, it was too dark when I got home to take any photos but there will be some soon.

Further Signs of Spring

Administrator — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:16:31 +0000

The news was saying this morning that spring was very early this morning, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7227226.stm, still no sign of it at home but there are a few signs near enough…

The weather hasn’t been so bad either, cold but dry and clear.

We moved Primrose back home for calving on Sunday, and a few of the sheep are starting to look close to lambing now as well.

Photographing Quail Chicks

Administrator — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:08:53 +0000

Last time I had quail chicks hatch I never managed to add any photo’s on here, I did mean to. So last night I decided to make sure it happened this time and take some photos then and there, it’s easier said than done. They just don’t stay still long enough!

Finally I managed to take some that weren’t all blurred.

Hatching!

Administrator — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:16:08 +0000

Quail chicks have started to hatch, I moved 5 chicks into the brooder before I came to work this morning and there were more hatching.