This is part two of The Dazzle Family have Arrived
The owner of the farm was an old widower and he died four weeks ago in a fire in his home. His daughter Andrea has inherited the farm. Andrea has employed Derek Dazzle to look after the animals while she decides what she will do with the property and livestock. Andrea lives and works in the city. Andrea organized a relocatable house to be put on the farm for Derek and his family to live in.
The next morning Derek went to the barn to meet Bill who has finished milking the cows. Bill shares information about the cows and introduces Derek to the cows. This evening Derek will be milking the cows and Bill will be with him, from then on it will be Derek's job to do.
In the nearby paddock is the bull which is not used for the farms cows but some of the near by farms borrow him as a stud bull and have been very pleased with the results.
Next they go over to the horse paddock where Bill explains only one of the horses belongs to the farm the others belong to locals who lease the paddock. If the owners wanted Bill to take care of them on occasions, the owners signed a contract will Bill. Bill explains the owners with contacts will be passed on to Derek and Derek will have the opportunity to continue the contract or refuse.
As they approach the paddock where the donkeys are they see Andrea there. Andrea introduces herself to Derek and asks him to let her know if there are any problems or things the family need to let her know. Andrea explains that her father loved the donkeys and wanted to make them available in the school holidays and Sunday afternoons for children to ride. Her father didn't have the health to do this and Andrea lives in the city.
They walk back to the barn to see the chooks.
Andrea throws some wheat on the ground and the hens and two roosters come over to get the food. There is a female turkey on the farm but it appears occasionally and it has not been able to be caught. The male turkey disappeared a few years ago.
The last paddock is the sheep. Andrea leaves the men and reminds them to come to Kowhai Corner Hall at two o'clock where a discussion will take place as to what ideas other people have to develop the farm. The farm has not been able to get enough income to pay the outgoing expenses of the farm.
Andrea introduces Derek as the manager of the farm and invites his family to come to the front where the community welcomes them. Then Connie offers to take the children outside for some ball games.
The boys want to play soccer so that is what they start playing... boys against girls.
Andrea tells the residents of Kowhai Corner that the farm is in debt and she would like to sell it but she has been advised to look at other options and that is why she has wanted to have this meeting. She asks for ideas that people may have. The ideas come quickly and they are: a dog rescue centre, a rabbit rescue centre, start having the donkey rides for people, increase the hens and sell the eggs, buy some alpacas, plus more ideas. Derek speaks at the meeting and says he likes gardening so he hope to be able to grow and sell vegetables. Andrea thanks the people for attending the meeting and will think about the suggestions. She does mention that any rescue centre's that people would like means that they would have to make sure that they would be able to pay the rent for the use of the land.
