Animal update

The lambs are now all outside in the glorious Easter sunshine A hot hot day! Almost bigger than her mum already. We have two new arrivals, the calves Wonky and Clyde. Wonky was born rather ….well…wonky. She had been rather squashed in the womb and appeared with a very lopsided jaw and restricted movement in...

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Successful Lambing

This was our first lambing season and as expected it was a steep learning curve although a very positive experience! Ahead of time we split the shed into three areas, the waiting area (maternity ward), the single lambing pens (for the newborns or those needed a bit of extra TLC) and the nursery (for those...

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Lambing

Just before Christmas we had the sheep scanned to confirm dates and to see which sheep were having twins and triplets to help with the correct feeding.  Out of the 30 sheep which had been put in with Trevor (all of whom were first timers) 2 were empty, 14 singles, 13 doubles and 1 triplet....

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New home

We moved into the holiday let when the house became impossible to live in (due to the removal of the roof!), this was towards the end of September.  We are now 3 months in and loving it, the most wonderful view from the gable end window, warm and dry with underfloor heating throughout and a...

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Cwtch update

Cwtch at 8 months is turning into a lovely dog, a great character and certainly a match for Maggie. She is showing some small signs of potential use on the farm.  David has been introducing her to the sheep over the last couple of months, using a training ring made of sheep hurdles,  she is...

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