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 […]
Tag Archives: shepherding
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 […]
Being Born
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 […]
Oops
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 […]
Lambing Ups and Downs
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 2017
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 meets the Sheep
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 […]
Samuel
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 […]
Fight the Fear
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 […]
When Worlds Collide in Kaleidoscopic Technicolour
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 […]
