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Cutting haylage 2018
The weather has been so amazing the last few weeks, the grass has grown so much, that we can already cut our first haylage for the winter. As we don’t have any rye grass, only meadow grass, there are a … Continue reading
Bouncing lambs
The first 7 lambs have been moved into the big pen, so they can enjoy the company of the other lambs. As they had been in a small bonding pen, they can’t wait to stretch their legs and bounce around. … Continue reading
Silvia’s lambs
Another set of twins, this time from Silvia. A very experienced Mum, all went very well. She gave us a ewe lamb and ram lamb, total now so far at 4 ewe lambs and 7 ram lambs. 3 more ewes … Continue reading
Lambing has started
Well, lambing has truly started, within a few days we had 3 twins and 1 single lamb, just 5 ewes to go and they do look ready. starting with Ute and her twins then in the evening Zia lambed her … Continue reading
Our 4 orphan lambs
We helped our farmer next door for 2 weeks with lambing, mainly looking after the ewes and lambs afterwards. There was plenty to do with making sure they had feed, water and clean straw every day. Unfortunately, a couple of … Continue reading
Ram has arrived
Our Ram for the 14 ewes has arrived, let’s see how he gets on with them…. Hopefully we can expect a barn full of bouncing healthy lambs end of March/early April 2018
Hay making season
Due to the great weather, we were able to get our hay done in July. The grass was in the right condition and the hot sun dried it perfectly. Our baler worked really well today, creating perfectly formed bales. Now we … Continue reading
Lambing has started
After months of preparation, the lambing has finally started. It will now show, that all the work we did to prepare the ewes has paid off. From choosing the right ram to providing good grazing and supplement feeding and generally … Continue reading
Spring has arrived – finally
After month and month of rain and storms, the sun finally has made a more permanent appearance. It is so nice to be outside, not having to fight the wind, worry about the animals in the soggy fields and just … Continue reading
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Energetic Lambs in the field
Now that the lambs are all outside apart from the last set of twins, they are enjoying even more space to stretch their legs. I can’t stop smiling, when I see them like this, so full of energy. Pity … Continue reading
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