‘Jellybean’ has joined the Farm – long awaited and very welcome

The first of our baby foals from Aniseed the black little horse sisters is here. Lucky guests in Braedon Cottage staying for a midweek four night holiday watched the momentous occasion from beginning to end !

Very healthy and with wobbly long legs. The colt has a tiny white star on his forehead and is very friendly! Along with the foals we have been very fortunate with baby bunnies, goslings (yet another clutch has hatched), ducklings and more….

One more miniature foal still is yet to be born this Spring at Morvern Valley – also to a black miniature mare Licorice who is Aniseed’s sister – so perhaps another black foal ? We will just have to wait and see….

Baabara the Sheep had a little lamb

‘Shorn’ the sheep was born in mid August. We needed a ram for our bloodline, so we’re very pleased when we saw the lamb was a little boy.

Normally, we take our ewes into the stables when they are due, watching for first signs carefully in the preceding weeks. We do this to protect the little lamb, in case a fox comes visiting, or in case the lamb is born on a particularly wintery cold night.

But one early morning going into the paddocks, Jason found a happy frolicking little lamb running around with our small flock. Imagine our surprise!

Congratulations to Toffee and Chocolate our miniature horses !

After a full 12 months in his mum’s tummy, little Caramel was born early in the morning on the 5th of September. We are very happy as Caramel is a very strong healthy filly and will be able to remain at Morvern for the rest of her days. She stands just 32 cms high !

Just gorgeous we needed to sit down at the stable for a few hours to ensure the baby drank the colostrum the most important ‘first milk’ of her mum. What a lovely way to spend the morning…

Guests staying at the time got involved, and were just as pleased as we are! These photos were taken when the little foal was just 2-3 hours old.

Look how proud Toffee is!

Morvern Valley at the 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show

Our Welsh Harlequins and Croad Langshans ‘shone’ once again at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Our Trio of Giant Blue Croad Langshans, took out  1^st prize for the Rooster, and 1^st and 2^nd prize to the Croad Hens.  Croad Lanshans are huge birds with super gentle natures and feathered legs and feathers all over their feet.

The Welsh Harlequin drake ‘Lucky’ won the beautiful, red, white & blue fringed Champion Ribbon – the third year in a row. Our WH drakes won 1^st and 2^nd prizes. The WH ducks won 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd prizes.

Well done to all of you we are very pleased!

Arts & Crafts First for Us in the Sydney Royal Easter Show!

Julie entered for the first time into the Poultry Art and Craft Open Section. The Open Section includes entries of all forms of art other than paintings and photography.

There were many, many entries including weaving, decoupage, tapestry, ceramics, wood carvings, sculpture and incredibly won 1^st prize.

Her piece was a five piece collection of jewellery  – comprising necklaces, earrings and spectacle chains which utilised hand blown glass candle worked beads, old chicken mesh ( actually cut from the pens J) and black glaze.

It was a real thrill to go to the show and see how well we had done, and we returned to Bundanoon after our day at the show exhausted but happy.