More pics

A load of pis this week because i haven't loaded any up for a while.
In this section you can see Sidney strutting his stuff with his girls. He looks nice but we have only got one of his offs pring this whole season. For some reason the girls have only hatched one of his fertilised eggs. We have tried incubating them ourselves and the first lot all went bad. The second lot had 2 good ones at 3 days old last time I looked. I suspect he might have a low sperm count! I wonder how one goes about getting a sample? And what would be a normal count?
The swimming pool was in Stephan and Ruth's swimming pool, dug out in front of their house. Paddy was keen for a swim so a few of us jumped in as well. It was surprisingly warm and deep.

Then we have Bob the Tractor man mulching our fields.
Stuart follows the tractor of firewood making sure that none of it falls off.
Finally this little fella was crawling down my leg inside my trousers after the wood collecting. I had an anxious few moments when I realized that there was something large in there! I was so relieved when I established that it was benign that I took lots of pics. It is a weta - cave apparently. These are a group of giant insects that evolved to take the place that mice take in other continents.

Til next week then. A big shout out to my northern hemisphere rellies who are looking after Mum and Dad as he gets his blood condition sorted out.

Pictures

A smorgasbord of pics from the last few weeks.
In this section we have Stuart and the first Granny Smith from the tree he planted 2 years ago. Also the 2 butchers skin and prepare to gut our Easter lamb. I was impressed, they told me sit down and watch while they got on with it. Which they did.
Also pics of the boys heading out into the woods on Stephan's trailer last w/e when we went out to haul in firewood.
The last picture shows a randy ram Skippy sniffing Survivor's backside to see if she is on heat. Sheep are not very subtle about courting. From what I have seen coitus is not much better lasting a matter of seconds!
Apologies to anyone who is offended by the content on this site. We laugh at the English food programmes that are so coy about showing animal death. What hypocrisy! Ok if the whole country was vegetarian. The people round here are much more exposed to the realities of meat rearing, with its continual cycle of birth and death. I find it refreshing and think it is healthy for the boys to know what is on their plates. Whether they continue with their omnivorous diet or if they become veggy it will be an informed choice.