http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As extensive animal keepers and all round animal lovers some of the highlights of the summer for us this year have been attending the various agricultural and horticultural shows. This is something that we have done occasionally before but this year we have made a point of attending as many ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/the-sedgefield-show-2008/ More often than not as I am sat going about my business in the study I have the constant companion of background radio, usually talk radio as my taste in music is rarely well served by the daytime music channels and I find it less distracting. Every now and then ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/responsible-dog-owning-take-the-test/ So pigs are clean animals are they?  No-one bothered to share this fact with our two Kune Kunes, Betty and Lottie! Delightful they certainly are but, after 2 months of living in our dog run and thrice weekly mucking out, the time had definitely come for a change of accommodation.  ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-pigs-and-sheep-finally-meet/   The world of animal lovers is not, as you might imagine, always full of sweetness and light. There are times when as animal lovers we can all get a little hot under the collar. We have found that baby hamsters can be a particular trigger in this regard. We all know ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/hot-under-the-collar-over-hamsters-and-the-information-superhighway/ Spring is in the air here on the farm, with the crocuses and daffodils blooming, newly laid frog spawn covering the wildlife pond and our sheep enjoying the fresh green grass once again.   Easter time last year was celebrated with the arrival of our lambs - it doesn't seem five minutes ago ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/springs-new-arrivals-and-sad-farewells/ After a long wait we have finally managed to collect our two rescue piglets from the Scottish SPCA rescue shelter in Balerno, Scotland after coming across them in a Google alert. The poor young piglets, part of a litter of seven, had been waiting for several weeks for us to ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/collecting-our-two-new-kune-kune-piglets/ Well, it was only a matter of time before our two cockerels decided that life together, sharing our lovely hens, was just a little too close for comfort. Primrose, our baby cockerel (how he got his name is answered elsewhere), is around five months old now and definitely in the throws ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/more-than-one-cockerel-is-one-too-many/ ...to escape the man from Tesco selling her for a paltry £1.99! Despite all the recent media interest in the welfare of British poultry, it is still sadly apparent that our consumer society demands that prices, profits and productivity come before animal welfare.  At Animal Lovers Web, our chickens are kept purely for ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road/ Wow, what a day we've just  had! My daughter and I went to the Bradford Small Animal show in Harrogate in the  UK today. It is an annual event where they competetively show rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and some other animals. We had never been to a small animal show before ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/a-day-at-the-bradford-small-animal-show/ Our baby chicks are almost eighteen weeks old now and not really babies at all anymore!  The two hens, Amber and Velvet are now officially "Point of Lay Pullets", which means that they will be laying their very first eggs anytime soon.  Ordinarily, we'd be more than happy to have the extra ... http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/baby-chicks-come-of-age/