6pm update

And a short video

9am update

 One


And (hopefully)  counting

Coming soon

Hopefully.

Some chicks

We take the automatically rotating thingy out of the incubator a few days before they start to hatch .

And there is an egg that rattles when its shaken, which indicates its not got a chick inside it

And the rest are just waiting .

One goose a-laying

I made a very nice goose-house last year . Its inaugural trip is here.  The geese ignored it where it was,  so we've relocated it, and we have placed is somewhere sheltered .

But the geese know better. Here's some  disturbed ground

And if we move the bracken and leaves

 In fact, she has been laying eggs for a while and we have been collecting them - always leaving one there as a reminder for her.

So when this lot hatch , we'll possibly use the incubator again and hatch some geese.
Geese arent the most fastidious of mothers around , so the chicks have a better hcance of survival from the incubator.

Cuthbert and Cato

It's a bit  muddy everywhere . We've had 150% of the usual  Februaruy rainfall. At least its been dry ( and sunny) for the last 4 days and one of the fields no longer squelches when you walk on it.

So with Cato and Cuthbert running out of grass and not keen on hay  its time to move them.

A barrier in case they want to explore down the road

And then they follow a bucket !

And end up with the  others, including another ram. So they are going to have to sort themselves out over the next day or so .

Buff Sussex

So we got the rescued hens that are laying well .

But we've got a few others around the place -some Buff Sussex breed - good for eggs and meat

and we've decided we want a few more - for eggs, for meat, and possibly for showing  at the Agricultural shows and for selling.

And as we have an incubator, we got some eggs from a couple of different breeders

Scanning 2020

its wet , horrible and muddy but needs must.  postponed from yesterday because of the storm .

So firstyl get your sheep all in a pen .

Well, except for one , who didnt want to co-operate and is its a lamb, hasnt been tupped and so doenst need scanning.

And then some suitable attired helpers.  Thanks to Karen and Laura for coming along

And then get the sheep penned, excluding the lambs

And then make a race for  leading the sheep to the scanner

And get aforesaid sheep into the race

Gaurded by Laura

 And then encourage the sheep to go into the van and be scanned

And the result

• 1 isnt pregnant 
• 11 have single lambs 
• 7 have twins  

So a busy May is coming