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Lambing 2020 has begun! In previous years we’ve always had a pretty good idea about who’s going to lamb and when. We’d raddle* the ram and change the raddle colour every few weeks so we’d know who he’d gone back … Continue reading
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It’s that time of year again. The incredibly wet, incredibly windy winter has passed into memory and we’ve switched from floods to proto-drought with nothing but full sun forecast for the next fortnight. The weather only does extremes these days. … Continue reading
A short post this week as I’m working on two major projects which will be announced next week. Watch this space. And look at those lambs… This was one of the fastest lambings ever – with all four ewes lambing … Continue reading
For those brave souls tempted to add shepherding to their future curriculum vitae, here’s a warning. You might have to lock horns with lambs like the one on the left. This is Surly Lamb, age one day and three quarters, … Continue reading
This week we had another mysterious case of animal teleportation. Two days earlier we’d noticed that one of our ewes had come back into season – she was over by the fence to the ram’s field, dressed to the nines … Continue reading
I think baby lambs reach their peak of cuteness (PoC) at between one and three weeks. So … if you thought last week’s picture were dangerously cute, be warned. And, remember, consult your doctor if you see any signs of … Continue reading
This last week has been a week of lambs and interrupted nights – it’s not easy trying to sleep when you have a LambCam TV set next to the bed. And it’s on all night – both sound and picture … Continue reading
This picture was taken two nights ago at our smallholding in Normandy. We’d just gone into our field at the back to weigh bees – as you do – when there was an eerie noise to our right and… there … Continue reading
After several false starts – and three long nights of trying to sleep while Lamb Cam TV played on our bedside table – lambing has begun. Here’s the first of the 2010 class putting his best foot forward. He’s less … Continue reading
Well, almost. Our first ewe was due today and, in previous years, she always lambed a day earlier than expected. But not this year. We brought her in to our lambing house on Thursday, set up the lamb cam baby … Continue reading