Special K
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kenny the ram came to visit with his two Herdy friends. The plan was to keep them in the hugelkultur field for a week and then let the ram in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zephaniah has been to see the sheep a few times now. I am not sure what he makes of them. But he does seem a bit interested. He is a […]
This is Samuel and he has come to visit the ewes. I think he is quite happy about it. In previous years we have borrowed the 4-horned Benjamin, but this […]
In the summer Kainaat was in with the ewes when their lambs were quite little. One of them headbutted him. This happened again a day or so later. He lost […]
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 […]