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Fraggle

April 11, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

Fraggle, the little orphan lamb from last year who was accidentally tupped by Kenny the jumping ram, had her baby on Monday evening. It was not an easy labour. I […]

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Being Born

April 8, 2018by Claire Leave a comment

Being born is quite tiring I imagine. Helping out with the being born bit is also tiring, especially if all the ewes decide that the time to give birth this […]

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Friday

June 17, 2017by Claire 4 Comments

I had a few days off on holiday this week, but it didn’t feel much like a rest. I guess yesterday was a typical day …. I got up and […]

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Animals, Campsite, Dogs, gardening, Holidays, shepherding, wild swimming

Lambing 2017

April 13, 2017by Claire Leave a comment

Lambing has started here on the smallholding, just in time for Easter. Very early this morning Bobtail had triplets, two ewe lambs and a ram lamb. As an over-diligent mum […]

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Animals, Campsite, shepherding

Silence of the Lambs

October 5, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

James took the final five of last year’s lambs to the abattoir this morning and two older ewes – the ewe that for the past two years has rejected one […]

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Animals, Dogs, shepherding

Just for the Record

August 14, 2016by Claire 1 Comment

maybe don’t wean your lambs in August with a full campsite …. Yesterday we decided to wean the lambs – they are more than 3 months old, it seemed like […]

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Animals, Dogs, shepherding

When Worlds Collide in Kaleidoscopic Technicolour

July 8, 2016by Claire 9 Comments

Today I put together a presentation on Ottoman diplomacy and oversaw the hatching of 20-odd chicks in my incubators; I worked on a proposal for a edited collection of articles […]

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