Hello All We have entered a slightly calmer period in the life of the farm as the main lambing has finished and we are just dealing with the general upkeep of 250ish babies and the entourage of mummy sheep. Oh yes and any stragglers that are still waiting to give birth. Thank goodness the grass is growing so there is less silage to dig and cart around in buckets. We moved the flock from one field to another this week, which meant using the trailer, a first for all of the lambs. If I hadn't had my hands full chasing lambs up and down the field with Gavin, Patrick and Number 3 then you would have had some rather hysterical shots of 4 people, 2 dogs and 100 or so naughty lambs running in every direction conceivable, except the right one which was through the gate and down to the tunnel. I have no doubt that all passing traffic on the D730 that day was doubled up laughing at our antics. In fact I was quite surprised that there were no collisions. I wonder if you can be prosecuted for being too much of a distraction at the side of the road?
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Rebecca
4/20/2016 10:43:29 am
Louis had his first tick yesterday. I hate the buggers!
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Helen
4/22/2016 08:07:13 pm
Poor old Louis.
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Alex
4/21/2016 03:20:22 pm
I was told of an apparently very good new tick vaccine, administered twice in the 1st year, (30 days apart) and annually thereafter. I'm going to research it with our vet......sounds like an excellent idea. But I have found BravEcto to be effective.
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Helen
4/22/2016 08:08:06 pm
Thanks for that. Keep us posted on the new research.
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Carol
4/22/2016 05:58:20 pm
Hope Shepherd Patrick is getting sorted for his future duties.... chauffeur, dogtrainer, as well as general gofer ...
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Helen
4/22/2016 08:09:30 pm
Yep he is getting packed already. He will see you all soon xx
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February 2024
Helen FranklinI am farming sheep and goats on the Dordogne/Gironde border with my husband and our 3 children. We have an on farm butchery and sell our meat direct to the public via the markets and delivery points in our local area |