Month: March 2010

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Hi Everyone Vicky here again It looks like the canada…

Hi Everyone Vicky here again.

It looks like the canada geese have started sitting on the eggs she has laid on the island. They should hatch in approximately 28 days, so we will have to keep reminding Mr Farmer when the 28 days is up which will be around the 26th of April.

Did Anyone see the 11 Red Deer in the valley last night? i definitely saw 2 Stags that were clashing antlers, one of those stags only had one antler, i can only suspect that he is shedding his antlers as they do at this time of the year allowing them to grow new ones for rutting this year. The remainder of the group could possibly of been young males or males that have already lost their antlers, as Red Deer spend most of the year in single-sex groups apart from the rutting season.

Some of you have asked about Rupert the Emu. He is doing very well, his wounds are healing nicely and has got a very good appetite.

There has been no more new lambs born in the barn, but one more new lamb has been born in the field so far this week.

I forgot to mention on the diary on friday that after i had been helping Mr Farmer feed the animals i returned to the cottage and to my suprise i saw a Male Sparrowhawk sitting on the guttering of the barn less than 15 feet in front of me. I took some photo’s, which i have put on my flickr.

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Hi Everyone Vicky here again When Mr Farmer went to…

Hi Everyone Vicky here again.

When Mr Farmer went to feed the Emus last week, he did a head count as he always does, he realised that there was one Emu missing. after searching around the farm he found the missing Emu in a different field. The Emu was very ill and couldn’t even stand, he may well of been attacked. Mr Farmer Carried the Emu into the stable where he was fed and nurtured back to health. He is now living in the field with Branston (a horse). Mr Farmer has named him Rupert and he is very friendly taking food from my hand.

On Monday Mr Farmer spared a few minutes to take us around the bottom lake to show us the fish scales which the otter had left. While round the lake Mr Farmer spotted Toads mating, which i have taken some photos of.

On Tuesday Morning we were delighted by the arrival of 3 new lambs. One lamb was born in the barn and is Mr Farmers first little girl this year, she has taking a liking to laying in the food trough. Twins lambs have been born in the field but she keeps taking them into the woods.

Also another suprise were the first two Swallows to arrive back at Denbury.

I have put photos of Rupert, Toads and Lambs on to my flickr.

Thornton and his friend

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Hi Everyone it s Vicky here I am currently on…

Hi Everyone it’s Vicky here.

I am currently on holiday at Denbury. Mr Farmer is very busy at the moment and he has asked me if i would mind doing a diary for him, so here goes.

The ewes in the barn have given birth to 4 lambs upto now. The first lamb being Thorntons Nephew, then there are 2 twin boys and the most recent lamb being born this morning which i also believe to be a little boy. We may well have some more lambs in the next few days, i will keep you updated. The ewes in the field should be lambing anytime but no sign of any lambs as yet.

The Canada Geese have now made a nest on the island and when i went down to the lake this afternoon the female was sitting on the nest, so maybe she is sitting on eggs only time will tell.
Also while i was down at the lake the 3 black swans Chased the Gander onto the bank, hopefully this will be a one off as Mr Farmer hasn’t had any trouble before between the geese and the swans.

When sending in photos to Mr Farmer would it be possible to resize them to 640×480 so they can be uploaded straight onto the gallery, this would help Mr Farmer with him being so very busy at the moment.

While i’m at Denbury i will hopefully be taking lots of photos, i already have a few of the new lambs which i will be putting on my Flickr page with many more photos from around the farm.
If any of you would like to pop in and see the photos the web address is:

Thornton and his friend

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There are 15 new photographs on the Gallery 1 Thornton…

There are 15 new photographs on the Gallery.

1. Thornton nephew or niece. Haven’t checked yet.

2. Thornton with the same neck markings. Vicky

3 to 7 Ducks. Lynne

8 to 10 Barn Owls. Simon

11 to 13 Our Geese on the Lake from last year. Vicky. Sent in so that I can see if they are last years. That your job on the 17th.

14 – 15 The Taunton Starling roost. Must admit although I promised I forgot. When I realised I asked a couple of Businesses that I know on the industrial estate if I could install a camera using there computer. They wouldn’t have none of it. There are flats that overlook the roost @I will knock and ask a couple of people. They may just think that I am not the ticket.

Also not done on purpose, all the photographs were sent in by people who have holidayed at Denbury other than Lynne. Lynne is coming this year as are the others on return visits.

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Emu getting bullied Found gate open lots of feathers…

Emu getting bullied. Found gate open lots of feathers.

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Some of you may have noticed that the Barn Owl…

Some of you may have noticed that the Barn Owl nest cam has sound. As soon as the Owls have laid their eggs we could see them in colour.

It was a bit of a surprise seeing a Lamb this morning, more so as I only mentioned in Tuesdays Diary that I did not expect any until Easter time. It was Thornton’s Sister who gave birth. The Lamb has the same markings as Thornton when he was born having a brown ring around his neck. I am sure Vicky will have a photograph of Thornton with the same marking. When she reads this she will send it in and I will take a photograph tomorrow and do a full page of new photographs including Thornton.

Ramsden nearly finished up the same way as our last Ram (Ramsden) did. We found him being mauled by Branston this morning. If we did not see him doing it when we did the Ram would have been dead. Branston had him on the ground and was stamping on him. After we got Branston away it took Ramsden a while to get up and he didn’t look to good. Eventually he managed to walk but he has hurt on of his back legs. Nothing to serious but giving him a limp. It must be something to do with Rams that Brandston does not like for we not realise that he must have killed our last Ram. The Ram is being a bit of a pain by getting out of the penned area by jumping over the top of the gates. He is getting very good at getting out. First he was head butting a tied up gate and breaking the hay ties that it was tied with. Not an easy thing to do. We used a much stronger cord to tie the gate, but that only made him more determined to get out and when the cord didn’t break over the gate he jumped. We raised the gates but he just jumped higher. He is back in the pen tonight. I shouldn’t think he will be able to jump much tonight.

The Canada Geese are on the Lake more than they are not, so it is looking promising. Our domestic Geese have started to lay so the Canada cant be far from laying.

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How do I know that the Geese now looking as…

How do I know that the Geese now looking as if they are going to nest are those from last year. To be honest I could never be a 100% sure, but they look and act as last years Geese do. We have a couple of power lines close to the Lake and nearly all that land on the Lake come in at different angles. These on the Lake fly in as last years nesting pair and they are returning every day without any arguments with the Swans. There were a lot of photographs taken of the nesting Geese by our Holiday Guests. Vicky and her parents are coming again in two weeks time. I know she has some photographs, so we will know for sure. I will let you know.

We are hoping that Minty one of the oldest of our Ewes is not in Lamb this year. We would have stopped her mating if we had got her in earlier, but with Ewy making the Sheep break every time we tried to get them in we were lucky that she is in at all. Minty did struggle with her Lambs last year. Mind you they were extremely good Lambs but they took so much out of her she was struggling to get to her feet and that was with us feeding her a couple o times a day. On most Farms she would have finished up as Mutton, maybe on Robins plate. Fortunately for Minty she is here until her dieing days.

Being that our Sheep are free range we are not sure of the date they will Lamb, but I reckon it should be about Easter time. Most are old hands at Lambing, so I don’t expect to many problems, but you can never tell. With Minty we will have to watch her to make sure that her Lambs (if she has any have) has had her colostrum. If need be we will have to help her.

Thornton has decided to have a night or two in the Farm House. Unfortunately he is deciding after we are in bed is a good time. Unfortunately for him we stay put. He does get annoyed and rams the door a few time before giving in and going back with the Barn with the other Sheep. Trouble is if we let him in he wants something to eat, like a few ginger nuts, so by the time he is settled it is getting on for half an hour later. You can guarantee that as soon as he hears us in the morning he comes for his ginger nuts.

I have stopped collecting the Emu eggs in the hope that some will hatch naturally. Emu are incubated by the Male Emu who sit the eggs for the whole 55 days without eating. There are three sitting at the moment. One I know hasn’t got a chance. One has been sitting for nearly a month and another has just started with just two eggs. When I walked around the Emu Field this evening there were another few Males protecting a couple of eggs each, so who knows we may be lucky.