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November grazing
Because I am a bit of a control freak (possibly with a hint of OCD), I like to rotate the grazing on the first of the month. I keep a spreadsheet by month and grazing group, and…
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Cattle drive
We moved Breeze, Blizzard and Henry into a fresh field on Friday. This was the first time we'd moved Henry anywhere. What a laugh - the girls went on their halters and…
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Happy Christmas!
Dan and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We've had a lovely time with the family - but now the house is back in order and we'll be starting the serious planning for our…
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Batchelor pad
That's what our west paddock has become. We weaned the two tup lambs today - wish we'd video'd it. Jinx lies down if you catch her and try to move her - she must…
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Preparation for tupping
John has done a fabulous job of fencing one of the small paddocks. It was fenced with two wires and the posts and gates were in good condition, so he's added new stock…
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More strimming
The life of a smallholder is certainly varied. I was strimming on Tuesday (in addition to the routine jobs). Yesterday, we trimmed the tup's feet, dagged the ewes and move…
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The Inbetweeners
Our bull (Storm, 2012), and two bullocks (George, 2012 and Charlie, 2013) are at our temporary grazing. Our plan is to put all bullocks up there at weaning and they'll stay there…
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Weaning lambs and flushing ewes
We weaned the two tup lambs last week and put them in with Buddy, Leo and Dickie in the wee paddock behind the West range. One lamb's five months and he's getting a bit…
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Buddy and Dickie go north
Well, the boys have moved to Dalmore today. They loaded no problem at all and travelled well. They've had a squirt of Crovect to protect them from flies and I'll worm test them…
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All sheep home
Today’s job (18th October) was to bring our female sheep home from our temporary grazing. Our fifteen breeding ewes and gimmers were at Barry Mill and our eight ewe lambs…
