Month: October 2009

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Other than the disc of photographs that Lynne has sent in there are no other.

More Red Kite photographs from Becs stay in Wales.

More photograph of my visited to Powis Castle. Bec.

The Northern Lights webcam should be going tomorrow. There was a small problem that was causing it to keep stopping and starting.

The Emu have settled in well. Every morning when I feed them most are waiting at the fence to greet me. One has worked out to duck under the fence and is waiting for me at the paddocks main gate. I have to watch that I don’t get a kick as I am putting their feed into their feed troughs. When they crowd round the feeders they get inpatient. Now and then one will give a side kick.

Have not had a lot of time to do a Diary or the photographs as we are working flat out to get the Rhea paddock ready for their arrival on Saturday. In the same paddock we are putting in Chicken runs for the breeding of Silkies and Buff Orpingtons, and an area for the Pied Turkeys.

There is a large shed in the paddock that was used when we had Ostrich. It will be perfect for the four Rhea and when partitioned also for the Turkeys.

Thornton has been unwell for the past two days. We reckon that it was something that he ate. He has got over it now. He does seem to exaggerate and feel sorry for himself when he is ill. I have never seen a Sheep act as he does when poorly.

The Kingfisher is very busy on the Lake. I was sitting for fifteen minutes this afternoon with Peter one of our regular Holiday Guest whilst he was fishing. Right opposite within 20 metre the Kingfisher was fishing for all of the time. It was very close to the branch, but out of sight of the camera. I will position the camera in to the direction for the next few days to see if it is using the same spot regular.

The forum was a bit busier today. It has been very quite for a while.

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Starting from number 5 there are 6 new photographs on…

Starting from number 5 there are 6 new photographs on the Photo Page.

All six were sent in by Lynne.

Sorry about my photographs of the Emu last night. Some how some didn’t go on. I will take a few more in the week.

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Just four new photographs on the Photo Page starting from…

Just four new photographs on the Photo Page starting from number one.

Nothing stood still when I tried to take a few photographs of some of the Birds this afternoon. I took five photographs of the Pied Turkeys. I would just as well of tried to take a high speed train as they both would have looked the same as they were so out of focus.

Three of the Emu.

One of Dennis.

Our Emu Mob. Yes, that is the collective name for Emu. And believe you me that is the best name they could have. They are not at all intimidating or unkind. In fact I have no fear of them what so ever, but they do look Mob like.

Don’t know yet how many Males and Females there are. Again that is what the sexes are known as, but the intention is to let the Emu breed naturally and to incubate some of the eggs. Being that Emu come from the Southern Hemisphere they breed in our Winter time. They are starting to get into their mating season now. The Females make a drumming sound, the Males a deep grunting. We have heard the Females, so we will be able to sex them. We shall need to get a Sheep marker to mark them to be able to know what is what until the end of the breeding season when we will put leg bands on them.

Dennis, not my choice of name for our pet Turkey, I hasten to add, is a favorite with are Holiday Guests. He is so very friendly and likes to be around people. One of last weeks Guests was sitting reading a book with Dennis laid across her feet with his Silkie friends snuggled up to him. He has also learnt as Thornton to wait outside the Cottage door for a treat.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Mouse article sent in by Elsie.

Attached is a photo of my friends’ dog, Jess, after being fitted with the wheels that enabled her to run about again after her legs and lower spine no longer worked. She had to drag herself around in the house, but once strapped into the cart would run like the wind!! Sadly she passed away a few months ago – and is sadly missed…. Jill.

Barn owl with vole. Janette

Moss – the European Eagle Owl. We thought he looked like a samurai warrior! Janette

Our Emu numbers increased to 19 today, and will increase again tomorrow to 29. It is nice to have them at Denbury, but the circumstances that we have acquired them is sad. They have come from Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park that is disposing of many of their animals to make way for Gardens that will now be landscaped into most of the Parks animal enclosures.

It is very sad for the staff, some employed at the Park for many years, some well over 20 who are being made redundant. It is going to be hard for them. Any redundancy is difficult, but for those I know who have been looking after the animals for 20 years plus I can see their hurt in knowing that the animals that they have cared for and bred are leaving the Park and they will not see them again. I can imagine their pain as they are putting the animals into the transport lorries, for they are all very caring about the animals they look after.

A lot of the animals are on their way to Yorkshire to another Zoo where they will be given a new home. Others are going to other Zoos and Wildlife Parks. I am getting the Emu and four breeding Rhea that we will breed.

The Emu that we have collected are all very friendly and have settled in much better than we had imagined. It has helped with us being very close to the Park. The journey has been under an hour, causing them very little stress.

I did manage to get a kick in the side from one as I was trying to get them out of the trailer, it didn’t hurt to much, just a bit of a shock. Another of the Emu nearly took root to the trailer. It managed to get out of the trailer, but seemed to decide that it liked the trailer better that the field, getting in and out of the trailer so many times that we lost count after ten.

Our four Rhea will be collected next week. We have got to decide where we are going to let them live.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

4 more from Jill, Epping

Another from Becs stay in Wales when she visited a local farm that feed the Red Kites.

As some of you have seen, this afternoon eight Emu arrived at Denbury. They are very friendly. I will tell you more about them in a few days time. I will try to get a few photographs of them tomorrow.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

5 More photographs from Lynne.

The Barn Owls have not taken any feed for the past three nights, or have we seen them even at the mobile aviary. We can only hope that they have found a safe refuge.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Pied Turkey

The Male cardinal, one of the joys of winter BETTY CANADA

Do I really want to go out and play BETTY CANADA

Looks lovely from indoors! BETTY CANADA

Winter welcome in Canada BETTY CANADA

The picture of a Pied Turkey was taken from the Internet to show you what our new editions to Denbury will look like when they are mature. We have seven of the Pied Turkey that are about ten weeks old, that is about the same age as Dennis our pet Turkey. They were transported from North Wales, arriving here yesterday. They came from a remote farm. By the nervous way they were acting they are not use to people. They will soon quieten down once they get use to the different noises. The intention is to breed from what we have. Looking at them we reckon that there are two Stags and three Hens. I will take a photograph of them for the photo page in a day or two.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

All sent in by Jill, Epping.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

5 More photographs from Lynne.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Flowers from our garden in Canada BETTY CANADA

Yes wo do have morris dancers and yes they do go to the pub straight after BETTY CANADA

Our latest fire truck! BETTY CANADA
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Mounties at our July 1st Canada Day parade BETTY CANADA

The Male cardinal, one of the joys of winter BETTY CANADA

The Barn Owls have stopped eating the food that we have been putting in the mobile aviary. We have not seen or heard them returning, so it could be that they have found some where safe to stay. They could be returning to the aviary and we have missed them or they may have flown to a different area. In a week or so I will check around our Farm building to see if I can find any sign of them at Denbury.

I keep trying to find the time to clear a view from the camera to the bird feeder that some of you have asked to be put on the webcam. The view is being stopped by brambles. I normally cut them back with a strimmer, but the two that I have are not working that well and wont do the job. I will need to break them down with a stick as soon as I get the time.

The Sheep are being a nuisance again. The seed potatoes in our neighbours field on the other side of the Wood have been harvested, so they have decided to go back to the field as it is being sown with a new crop. The Farm is not best pleased with me. We have managed to get twelve of them into one of the Barns but the rest are being a bit elusive. Ewy is not helping as every time we try to move them into the direction of the Barn she is the first to start running in the opposite direction causing the rest to follow. As soon as we can pen them all in the Barn I will wean the Lambs from the Ewes and send the Lambs to market. With a lot of the Sheep in the Barn, Thornton has started to be a Dog again. He has for the past few days been coming into the Farm House every night.

The price of cereals have halved from what they were last year. See if the Supermarkets and Bakers reduce the price of bread. I bet not. All animal feed including pet food will have cereal in them so they should also go down in price. Your breakfast cereals will cost a lot less to produce. With the wet summer most root crops will have grown well. Potatoes would have done particularly well. By rights food should start to be less. Let see if it happens.