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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
Little Lamb4 Sep '06 5:56 pm
This is my little grand daughter with her pet lamb named Bella ,getting its morning milk .It is a Dorper breed ,hence the black and white marking .In October it will be taken to pet day ,with other lambs ,calves and goats - a big event for farm children ,and keenly contested
Dixie
Bella.jpg
Bottle of milk for Little Lamb
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
Such lovely babies!4 Sep '06 6:20 pm
Both babies are adorable! I long so much for a blessed moment, when I could carry a baby lamb with my one hand and a baby human with the other one...It would be the perfect bliss! If I ever visit N. Zealand.....
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moosey
head gardener
Dorper Sheep7 Sep '06 9:00 am
Dorpers are a most popular breed now, Dixie. Can you tell me what they're best suited for? Love the pet lambie, by the way!
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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
Dorpers10 Sep '06 5:43 pm
If I told you what they were predominantly bred for Moosey ,I would need to whisper ...though being a female ,Bella will be used for breeding ..They grow very rapidly ,which is probably why my granddaughter does so well at pet day .The main breed round here is the romney ,and it was so interesting for North Islanders visiting your neck of the woods to see all the Merinos in the paddocks .
Dixie
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
The pure and innocent ...11 Sep '06 1:54 am
...world of children and animals , has a charm and fascination of its own. A lovely photo, dear Dixie..
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VickyB
valued contributor
Portugal
Lambs16 Dec '06 5:21 am
How darling, dixie! And I love the thought of Pet Day at school. It's nice to know that there are still down home values left somewhere.
We are fortunate here living in the country as we have herds of goats and sheep all around us and can hear the goat bells from our garden as they wander from grazing place to grazing place. The older folk still have their donkeys as a mode of transport as well, not something the young of today appreciate! 
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moosey
head gardener
17 Dec '06 9:18 am
VickyB - do the donkeys make much noise? And can you hear them? I have memories of domkeys braying, a strong sort of noisy country noise, which I'm sure is the donkey-noise!
The goat bells must be beautiful to hear! Wow - coutryside noises which are natural, not man and woman-made (like the new well beng drilled, the chainsaw clearing up tree damage, the mower keeping the grass down (fire risk). Mind you, I never mind those machine noises - they are just as much a part of the soundscape, and oh so necessary!
I had an itinerant rooster once who roosted in the gum tree by the house - that wasn't so nice....
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VickyB
valued contributor
Portugal
Chicken Run ???19 Dec '06 9:19 am
Hello, Moosey.
We don't actually have a donkey living right next to us, although our kitchen is where the donkey shed used to be ... eeek!
Your rooster wasn't called Rocky, the Rhode Island Red, was he? ...
Look at what I've just posted in ... ummmmm ... Diaries (I think) of my day today and I hope you enjoy!
Vicky
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
19 Dec '06 6:47 pm
I have a bit of a love/hate thing for donkeys. Where we used to live, our neighbour due to her inadequate fencing, had her donkeys roaming 'free range' and they'd end up at our place where they'd munch on my plants.
My poor English Oak was never quite the same after becoming donkey food.
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