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Special K

May 19, 2018by Claire 3 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

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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shepherding

Oops

November 5, 2017by Claire 5 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

Lambing Ups and Downs

April 20, 2017by Claire 5 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

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

Zephaniah meets the Sheep

December 8, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

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 […]

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Dogs, shepherding

Samuel

November 21, 2016by Claire 6 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

Fight the Fear

November 6, 2016by Claire 4 Comments

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 […]

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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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Animals, My other life, shepherding

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