News for June 2016
The grass is growing well and the lambs are really beginning to take shape, the two heaviest lambs are 32.5kgs and only 8 weeks old! We are pleased to say…
The grass is growing well and the lambs are really beginning to take shape, the two heaviest lambs are 32.5kgs and only 8 weeks old! We are pleased to say…
Lambing has now finished and the ewes have been lambing at 170% which has beaten our previous best lambing percentages by about 20%. To add to this we have had…
Just a quick note for April to say lambing is well under way and the ewes are doing really well, they are currently lambing about 20% above our usual average lambing…
It is strange to see lambs out and about and not have any of our own yet this year! But with the arrival of Beatrice we are not due to start…
Introducing our new staff member/shepherdess Beatrice, born on the 30th of January. With lambing fast approaching we have assigned her the role of chief alarm clock, hopefully by next year she will…
We have decided to award joint first place this year in our annual creative competition. As usual the standards were high and we have really enjoyed seeing what you have created…
With the weather so mild and the grass still growing it is hardly feeling that Christmassy here on the farm! The ewes are hopefully now nearly all in lamb as…
The rams have now gone in with the ewes and the cycle is starting again. This year we have just over 100 ewes to breed from, so fingers crossed we…
We are pleased to report that we continued to have showing success at the Dorset County Show. Our Stock Ram, 6 Tooth Ewe, Ewe Lamb and our group of three…
August has been a very busy month for us, so I will summarise it briefly for you… Honiton Show saw our Stock ram ‘Bond’ and his daughter do very well…