A bit windy

heres the windbreak to try and protect the trees .  Its been there through  since last year.  Didnt do much for the apples from the trees though .

Heres a tree, being protected

 And heres the windbreak after last nights' storm ( storm Deirdre)
 70 mph gusts where we  are.

 And the Orkneyharbours.com website gives live weather updates

Here's last nights' winds

 60knots =69 mph.

in the paper (again)

RIP Boris

We have been planning which rams should be put to ewes for tupping - and Boris' was on the list to get some action with some ewes.
Until one morning, he was  found in the field, dead, lying in a littel rivulet that sprung up -weve had some rain recently

The surrounding  grass was undisturbed.

the only injury we could see was to a horn - but they are rams ,  hormones are starting to flow and there has been the usual pushing and shoving and little bit of head-butting  like here 

The Vet carried out a post-mortem -  no obvious cause of death.

But sheep sometimes do 'just die'

Abattoir update

there is another post about the abattoir and the petition  at
the Orkney Abattoir blog

Got another one !

I look at the tunnel traps regularly.
The sign that there is something in it
- you cant see through the tunnel to daylight at the other end

So have a look at whats inside

 

A stoat.
A young female,  I think

 And the ducks are OK

A fitting sheep

The sheep scared by the fireworks. continued to deterioriate.
He was brought inside and received TLC.
In spite of that  he started to have seizures , which became more frequent.

After being seen by the vet , the conclusion was that there was no chance of any sort of recovery, and he was put down.

sheep and fireworks

We all know that pets and fireworks don't get on.  Anyway , sheep and fireworks don't get on either. 

Neighbours has their own bonfire party, and finished with some bright , sparkly fireworks shooting in to the sky. This spooked the sheep that were in the adjacent field, and they all went charging around . One crashed into some sheep hurdles. We spotted him by torchlight,  in the dark,  standing away from the others and not moving much. 

Next morning , it was still separate from the others  and not active. And we could go right up to it - certainly not normal behaviour in sheep. 

And he was standing in one position, and very unsteady on  his feet . 

closer inspection revealed the injuries 

So what to do ?

If its  head injury of some sort, there is no specific treatment.  If its concussion  it should strt to recover in a day or so .

Prop him up, keep him warm, ensure food and water is available .

 and wait and see  if he improves.