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Our livestock are named, loved, and respected, whether they're for breeding or produce.

02/11/2024

If you're looking to dispose of your pumpkins, you're welcome to give to us, the animals here enjoy them for a treat 🥰

07/10/2024

Our gorgeous ladies enjoying the last of the sunshine before winter sets in.... It's time for some fresh grass, too 😱🤘

27/09/2024

Home is magical

19/09/2024

What an amazing afternoon! So far, 16 successful births from our Lilly pig! All feeding well, and Toffee pig has helped her out with the load and begun motherhood early!
She'll be due any day now, so it's fantastic to see the girls working together to take care of the piglets!

What a dream team 😍 both showing FANTASTIC motherly instinct, we have had no need to get involved with their new beginning 😀

Proud farmers today 💪

17/08/2024

We get lots of windfall apples, so to reduce waste (& spoil our animals), we feed the apples to them.

Leaving it a few days ensures they have enough to go around, and with the pigs' "stronger" stomachs, they can handle the older fruit.

In large amounts (like people), this could upset the animals' stomachs, but as a treat every now and then, the pigs, cows, and goats all seem very pleased 🥰

07/08/2024

Nice to be able to stretch their legs in the field today 👌

04/08/2024

Now that is what I call a happy pig 🐖 😄

02/08/2024

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20/07/2024

As we had no more successful hatches from our broody hen, we returned her chick to her, now 3 weeks old and doing fantastic!

"For the first 10 to 12 days after hatching, chicks stay close to the hen. After this age, they begin to feed independently of the hen but still sleep and warm themselves under her. This stage lasts from six to eight weeks of age. The time at which a hen disassociates from her brood varies, but it typically occurs before the chicks are 12 to 16 weeks of age. The hen initiates the breakup of the brood. She pushes her chicks away and then rejoins the other adult birds. If the hen is not able to return to other adults, she will remain in charge of the brood until the males in the group are mature and begin to dominate her. If she has only one or two chicks, she may tolerate her offspring longer than usual." - poultry.extension.org

05/07/2024

Hoping for some piglets within a few months, these will be our first piglets to be born at Muddle Farm, and we're so excited to meet them!

It's careful to keep an eye on first-time pig mums as you don't know how they will react to their piglets, but with two pigs in sow at the same time will increase our chances of positive breeding as they will teach eachother and help eachother looking after the piglets.

Looking forward to sharing this adventure with you all 🌈

01/07/2024

Introducing the gorgeous new girl in town! Patricia!!

She's a 4 month old boer goat who will be paired to stay with Derdre (deer) once the wethers are sent for processing.
It is important for goats to have the companionship of other goats. As herd animals, they are happiest and healthiest in the company of other goats.
Goats take comfort and a sense of safety in a friend

Introducing Patricia now allows the girls to get to know each other and bond.

As we are not planning on breeding again for a little while, this allows Patricia the chance to grow up and Deer to have a good rest after her first kidding season!

30/06/2024

We have had a hen we've been unable to keep in the pen and then we found her sitting on some eggs, we weren't sure how long the eggs had been there but she was showing very clear signs she wanted to stay. So we let her, we checked on her daily, offering her food and water nearby.

Yesterday, I found her sitting outside, worried she's dehydrated or hungry, I went to check on her wellbeing, and she revealed this gorgeous chick here!

We've taken chick away so our broody hen can continue sitting on the remaining eggs, hoping for a friend to join our newest member.

10/05/2024

I cannot believe we haven't introduced handsome little Oliver yet!
A gorgeous little bull who's mum passed away unexpectedly, we have bottle fed him and successfully introduced him to the herd, Martini, as you can imagine, is super happy to have a friend of her own 🥰

24/04/2024

From 1 day old to 1 year old, Vincent was our first piglet on the farm and has grown to be a very handsome, well-mannered boar! He will be with us a little longer till he'll be ready for the butchers.
He's been a well loved member of Muddle Farm and though bittersweet, we hope we give as much as they give us!

24/03/2024

Busily ticking along at Muddle Farm

Sorry to start with sad news, the last one of three first born at the Farm has been rehomed.

Naughty Nelly was such an iconic little goat. She was 2nd born of triplets and was a part of our first kidding experience. It was magical, and she became a very close part of our Muddle family.

Unfortunately, not knowing her mix, it would seem she was bred with a smaller breed of goat. This would mean breeding her with another boer (a larger breed) would be too risky for her, and isolating her while a buck was in just didn't seem to be a fair option.

However, as such a wonderful, fun character, we are happy to know she has been rehomed to a therapy Farm where she will live out her days with similar sized friends and no doubt, be causing chaos wherever she can go!

We still have Deer and her two boys, Garry and Noddy, who have been tagged, banded, and wormed today, they're growing brilliantly and we're excited to be looking for new additions in the coming months for our expanding herd.

19/03/2024

It's nice not being (as) water logged anymore.... I don't think it's going to last with rain due again tomorrow, but(!) we will enjoy it while we can 🥰

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All 18 piglets are doing fantastic! We haven't had to intervene at all, Mums are also doing brilliantly! We couldn't have asked for a better outcome ✌️🚜

18 happy, healthy babies and a happy, confident mum.... what more could we ask for? #countingourblessings

Sounds like home to me 🏡🚜

Muddle farms first hog roast 😋 👍

Our lovely boy Elfo is a true farm cat but will never deny us a squish, kiss, or cuddle! To think this little lad and his sister arrived with us at merely 3 weeks old, not knowing whether they would make it or not, no clue of their heritage or why they were dumped... they have come on leaps and bounds and are such treasured members of the Muddle Family 🥰

Hay bales here we come .... and what a night for it 👌

Even though it's hard work sometimes, this place really is magical, and I'm so grateful to call it home 🏡🌈