I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THIS!

You remember I was telling you about Pixie and Buzz in the lunge ring....well after we had rescued Buzz, we left Pixie in there until the morning. Thinking that if she was alone all night she may be grateful of Buzz returning in the morning.....NO SUCH LUCK. Went down to feed everyone in the morning and Pixie was nowhere to be seen. Pete looked in the house and around the 'round ring', he thought he had gone crackers, the gate was locked the fence was high, so she must be in there, or stolen???? He rushed up to see the others and wasn't sure what was going to greet him,...if anything..... and there out of the woods strolled Pixie, a very pleased to see him Pixie, she must have somehow clambered or flew?!! over the fence to get back to her family. That was lucky, 1, that she didn't get to the road and 2, get hurt on her adventure. I should have known, as she is so close to the others, they have never been split up.....what a start to the morning!

BUZZ SAFELY MEETS THE OTHERS!

Safely in his little house, Buzz ventured out to say Hi to Pixie, Dixie and Woody. Woody had a bit of a nibble of his ear, but all is well. Glad I didn't let him loose with my other three.Hopefully he will be safe and happy and able to talk to his ...hopefully...soon to be friends!

REALITY KICKED IN!

It was like the morning after the night before if you get what I am saying. We awoke to find a perfect little pig in the kitchen all cute and warm.......then it woke up!... We fed it breakfast and though ...yeah we can do another night with him in... until he pooed and weed like you wouldn't believe, everywhere, upset his water, ran the straw everywhere... It was at this precise moment I had a brain wave and it had to happen today.... He was going to live with the others...but in a very safe way, we were going to build a purpose made house with a little paddock so he will feel safe and secure but can talk and see to the others. Whizzed down to Baileys ordered the wood, they looked at me like I was mental...no change there then.....luckily for me they know I always need stuff immediately and usually are able to oblige...they are soo good to us like that....The wood arrived, Laura and I whacked the posts in and then Dad brought back the car he had borrowed....bet he wished he hadn't....cos he stayed for the rest of the day helping us...poor guy...he'll learn, phone first to make sure nothing is happening then come out here when we are out or asleep, that way you'll have an easy life!!!!Anyway we worked hard and us three built a house for Buzz and fenced in a paddock for him to be relocated to.....My kitchen will be clean once more!!!That's all the motivation I needed......we just made it before sun down....but Buzz loved it.

CAT OR PIG?

When Buzz got into the cat basket by the Aga, we knew it was time he hit the sack...so to speak... SO we put the little fella to bed in his crate, he still wanted to be up and burn the midnight oil, but he needed to sleep, he made one little gesture of discontentment at being told it was bed time, but then nestled under the straw and went straight to sleep, we all crept out of the kitchen and were afraid to go back in in case we woke him up. It was like having a new born baby in there, very cute but very stressful!....

BUZZ WELL AND TRUELY FEET UNDER TABLE!

Buzz took to being inside like a kid to candy. He loved it, so I took a moment to text everyone I knew to tell them we had a pig in the kitchen and sent a little photo....well you need time to think don't ya!......It fast became apparent that Buzz would need a comfy bed for the night as he tried out Lucky's bed and she wasn't that impressed with having a pig in her bed. So we brought up the large dog crate and filled it with straw for when he needed to go to bed. But with all the attention he was getting, that would probably be a long way off!.... he joined us for our evening meal and Pete lay with him on the floor in front he aga....he reckoned in case Buzz was lonely...I just think Pete is well and truly cracked!... Mum, Dad, Louise,Adam and us lot were just in the kitchen/conservatory mesmerised by the little fellow....So cute and just wish he would stay that small!

TECHNICAL HITCH!

Before we let Buzz into the lunge ring, we relocated Pixie ..one of our sows to be with him for company beings as he was soooo small, we ran her up the paddocks and into the old Kune Kune enclosure. She seemed to go up there fine but wasn't really impressed that the others weren't following. Anyway Buzz was released and for a few hours he followed her like a shadow and she seemed to be OK. It was desperately cold and a biting wind was worrying me with Buzz being just a baby. Eventually after a hour or so Pixie went in the house, Buzz followed and I breathed a sigh of relief. They would be cuddling up together to keep warm in the straw. I turned my back, just for a moment and heard the most almighty screech. I jumped and nearly cleared the fence, and I was in there as quick as a flash. Pixie had lifted Buzz up with her nose...not hurt him at all, but threw him in no uncertain terms out of the house. He was out in the cold......That was it I couldn't risk anything else...I whipped him up in my arms and took him into the house...until I could hatch a plan!......So Buzz was in the kitchen, what was I going to do?????....That sounds like a 1980's song some how!

BUZZ MEETS DAD!

Pete wanted a spotty boar to breed from and hey presto here he is. Not sure if Pete understands that Buzz cant help his face being that way, he is not pulling a face as way of communication, its just his normal pose...(and a very beautiful Kune Kune he is too).......So not sure Buzz would have really got much out of the scrunchy face pulling from Pete?... Or maybe I am missing something, could it be a new way of meet and great a male thing??????

HOW CUTE IS HE!

Sorry this could be over kill on the Buzz front, He is the most sweetest cutest thing I have ever seen. He cuddles you like a real baby. I introduced him to Spring and Storm, they had a little kiss and Storm got a bit excited and started to jump around with glee. Duke the grandad of the family wasn't going to show too much emotion...He was cooler than that. But I think he did really like him, just pretended to be indifferent!..And Tilley true to form sort of hovered in the background, in a sort of will she wont she pose....But seeings as Buzz would be living in the purpose made conversion of the lunge ring, they had to get to know each other, as they would be sharing the odd glance over the pig/pony table for breakfast!

BUZZ HAS ARRIVED!!!

We were waiting on the nod for us to collect our baby ...soon to be boar for our Kune Kunes. Barbara agreed that Buzz was ready to leave his mum, and Laura and I didnt need a moment to agree to collect him. Jumped in the truck, filled the back with straw to make him comfortable for the journey and off we went.....actually we did stop for a Macy-D on the way, but it was a drive through and we were quick!!!!

LONG TIME NO SEE!!!

Well hello there, and a very welcome back to the madness at Woodmill, we haven't spoke since last year!... Ok so you must have heard that a thousand times. But Happy New Year, hope this year will be your year...oh and ours of course! We had a wonderful New Years Eve with Mum,Dad, Tractor Annie and Doug, Laura, Adam, Me, Pete and Steven plus several hundred animals!.. Saw the new year in with laughter and laughed the old one out! So here goes...another year at Woodmill, wonder what this year will bring....