Eleven
I noticed last week that Eleven had a lump on her neck. I watched it for a day, it grew. It felt like an abscess so I called our wonderful […]
I noticed last week that Eleven had a lump on her neck. I watched it for a day, it grew. It felt like an abscess so I called our wonderful […]
We found a lump on Special K’s neck last week. It was huge – the size of my fist. I suspected it was an abscess. I phoned the vet and […]
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 […]
It might look at times as if I am over-prepared – what with the little goat coats in two different sizes, the bottles of ewe boost, tubs of glucose and […]
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Last night I got up at 2am to check on the babies – they were fine. I then checked at 7am. All was going well. […]
So last Wednesday at 7pm I found myself rocking up at a house in a nearby village to collect a swarm living in two old supers. Obviously as I am […]
We’re certain that number 1 is pregnant – well as certain as people who know next to nothing about pregnant pigs can be. Really I won’t fully believe she is […]
I think last year I wondered why I had chosen to lamb over a bank holiday when the site was busy. I am pretty sure I resolved not to do […]
There’s a reason I don’t clip the wings of my queens. Yes, I rarely find the queens which makes wing-clipping a moot point, but the main reason I don’t do […]
The instructions say “if the semen is flowing out onto your boots the sow is not going to get pregnant” – makes sense I suppose. So I guess we will […]