Sunday, 22 September 2019

A Delivery




And one of the fields has been cut and baled by a neighbour. And its dried and its time to bring it in , before the rain gets it damp and mouldy and unusable.

So Robbie comes along






Weve got 14 bales altogther  and 2 are going to a neighbour.  So with 4 per trip , its 3 trips






And a couple of hours later , we've got 12 rounds of hay , as well as some bales we got earlier in the season  all in the shed.

And there is still room to get the trailer in.



Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Repairing the pond .

The new run for the Jemima Puddleduck  duckling was put up in July 

It needed a small dam across the burn. But we have had sow much heavy bursts of rain  ir has washed away some of the bank




And some nifty work ( and wet gloves) with the stones



 So we shall see if it survives the next load of rain

Saturday, 14 September 2019

Vandalism.

We accidentally left on eof the gates open .
And the geese took advantage.
They found their way into the polycrub.

And enjoyed the kale


And enjoyed the carrots


And there is nothing left of the lettuce.

Ao we wont be leaving a gate open again .

Saturday, 7 September 2019

The Weigh-in

Some routine FEC-testing of the lambs indicated that there may be a problem with intestinal infestation with worms, so they needed some treatment.
And the  amount they are given depends on their weight - so we need to weoight them before dosing them.
We have a weighing crate so we needed to construct the race to get them lined up to be wieghed

And once weve done that, we need to get some sheep. This lot have been grazing on  one of the more distant fields.  So to bring them down and get thm in the right place we put up some electric fencing, bu without the electricity.  They have (hopefully) learned  not to touch the fence.


And once brought down, they need to be penned to stop them wandering

And once penned , and 'encouraged' to go into the race, they got weighed.

We only needed to dose the lambs, but as all the sheep  were down  , they all got weighed.