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New mini digger arrives…
02/02/2018
We have lots of ditches in need of clearing. We have gorse to clear from walls ready for fencing to go up. We have “modifications” required to one of the sheds (removing old cattle stalls and dividing walls). That was how we have justified the latest purchase! Very shining and just too...
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Leading the Devons out…
20/01/2018
Debbie caught this on camera this morning. What good girls they are! Just following me out. Actually, I don’t think I needed to be there at all. I could just open the gate and they know the way!
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Weaning Calves
19/01/2018
After some delay, we have finally taken steps to wean the calves. Rather than separate them from their mothers, with all the associated balling and shouting, we decided to try QuietWean flaps for the calves… We’ve been running the animals through the new Rotex cattle handling system and crush for the last few days, so...
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Sheep at Treathro
19/01/2018
It struck me the other day that we have no pictures or information about the sheep that we have here now. We actually have 180 tack sheep here – 80 Cheviots and 100 Welsh Mules. We don’t own these animals, the arrangement with tack grazing is that the owner pays per head per week for...
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Workshop front closed in
10/01/2018
We have closed in the open front of the workshop / diesel store. We needed a secure store protected from the weather and this open-fronted lean-to shed was a good candidate. A couple of block-work dwarf walls, with a simple timber framing to take the corrugated steel sheets has done the job. The constant...
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