Well the latest batch of chicks has now hatched, and what a bizarre hatch it was! First chick was a suprise arrival when i woke up one morning which was techically half way through day 19 as they were set at a lunchtime. Then a slow trickle of hatches with the last one being an assited hatch today on day 24! This chick has not absorbed the yolk sac properly and has curled in toes. It is in the incubator drying at the moment. Once were sure what sex it is when its dry we'll decide what action to take. So out of the 24 eggs 15 hatched and how many girls?....3 and a maybe! Grrrr hopefully the odds will swing the other way for us next time!

The ponies were moved to their new field at the weekend with the stables and it has made life easier already! Definitely the right thing to do.

The pigs are booked in with the butchers for the week of the 8th August. Just need to book them in at the abattoir the week before. In the meantime we need to get the right paperwork sorted and attempt slapmarking(!).

Had a think about life since we got back from out holidays and have made some fairly major decisions about where our lives are heading. Still lots of details to sort an planning to be done but overall i'm quite excited about the future now and feel like a bit of a weight has been lifted.