Fraggle
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]