Finally catching up with everything after a fabulous week camping in Cornwall. What a beautiful place it is. Its been a few years since i've been and i'd forgotten just how lovely it is. Grace had a fantastic time playing on the beaches and splashing in the sea. It's got us thinking about whether we would like to relocate down there. It would be a huge move but one full of fantastic opportunities for all of us. Food for thought there. Holiday snaps to follow as soon as i have had chance to upload them.

Back home all is well. It's been a traumatic couple of weeks with the pigs, well one of them anyway. The hernia that turned into an abscess has been a pain to treat. Capturing a pig each day to inject it has been an, erm, 'interesting' experience! We have learnt several new methods and hope never to need to use them again! He's 90% right again now though at last. Theres only another month or so to go now before we get to try our sausages and chops. Ringing the butcher is on the to do list this week to see how much notice they need at the moment. Then we move on to the next challenge...slap marking!

The first batch of chicks are now fully feathered at almost 6 weeks and have moved outside a couple of days ago and seem to be enjoying it, although they haven't got the hang of going to be in the house yet.  Going by comb and wattle development i thik we have 4 boys and 8 girls, if i'm right i'll be very pleased with that! Interesting all of the 5 dark birds look like girls. The crests of the legbar crosses are just starting to appear too.

The next lot are due to hatch on Friday. I haven't candled these ones and they were from an ebay seller so i'm keeping everything crossed at the moment!

The black chickens eggs if she is indeed sat on some would have been due today. We havent seen her since we got back but she was seen by the chicken sitters while we were away so we will wait to see whether she reappears some time son with a brood in tow.

Ponies look good and as we have finally signed for the new field and stables we hpe to move them on there next weekend and give their current pasture a break.