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Summer News 2011 - News Archive
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New chicks this Summer |
New ducklings this Summer |
Our growing spring lambs
News Items for Summer
Our spring lambs are now quite grown up and all with very different characters. They still love being taken out for a walk each evening with tasty treats to keep them on the right track. Walking the lambs is a great opportunity for children to develop confidence with animals that are often as big as they are.
Out for a walk |
Other new arrivals at the farm are our Chicks, safe and warm under a heat lamp they are great fun to watch and even get to hold.
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Our Chicks Safe and Warm |
Getting to hold a Chick |
Now that our battery hens are fully recovered from their original weak condition when they arrived, we decided to move them in with our old girls. This made way for us to bring in some new young hens ready and eager to greet our many families who probably for the first time in their lives get to feed and meet hens.
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Proud mums with their duckling
Back in Spring our ducks started laying eggs as usual, however, this year we noticed our Moscovey's were gathering together all of the eggs in to two nests. Then for just over a month both remained on their eggs keeping them warm and turning them as required.
Keeping a watchful eye on proceeding we were really happy to eventually see three little fluffy yellow ducklings hiding under the wings of their surrogate mothers.
Our patient Muscovey mothers
The perfect mothers nest |
Hard work pays off |
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Out for a swim |
Come the summer our sheep and alpacas need a little attention from the Baaabers. Because alpacas are a lot less willing than sheep the process looks a little unusual as you can see from the pictures below.
Alpaca shearing |
Alpaca shearing |
Following the relocation of the games room we have been able to reassign space to create a much needed welcoming reception area with small shop. We are often asked for things like extra dishwash tablets, an extra toilet roll or bin bag, so a shop seemed to be the obvious solution.
We expect to stock only non perishable items but will ask for more ideas from our guests as to what would make your holiday as relaxing as possible.
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We thank you all
We continue as ever to maintain our cottages to a high standard and to give you a memorable and enjoyable time here at North Hayne Farm. We thank you for all your complimentary comments and positive feedback, including the latest travel review in the Guardian News Paper. We look forward to seeing many of you again this year and also to meeting our new guests who have already booked with us.
We aim to keep our web site up to date, so until next time... Bye for now!