They provided some entertainment at the church fundraiser where we ran a guess the weight of the three little pigs (prize a joint of pork in due course). Guesses span across 55 kilos so far - entries close at 5pm on Friday 20th.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Pigs
We took delivery on the 7th May of three weaners - Elspeth, Lily and Lola (a nod to Flashman for those fans of George Macdonald Fraser) who are now happily ensconsed in the pig paddock. They will be grown on until sometime in August and will then supply ours and a few other freezers in the vicinity.
They provided some entertainment at the church fundraiser where we ran a guess the weight of the three little pigs (prize a joint of pork in due course). Guesses span across 55 kilos so far - entries close at 5pm on Friday 20th.
They provided some entertainment at the church fundraiser where we ran a guess the weight of the three little pigs (prize a joint of pork in due course). Guesses span across 55 kilos so far - entries close at 5pm on Friday 20th.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
2011 Spring Lambs
April
Our neighbours have a lovely small flock of Ryeland and Shetland sheep, headed by Bruno the ram. Having helped out a couple of years ago when there were a couple of slightly traumatic lambings we now have a "sheep share" arrangement whereby the girls come onto our pasture in the autumn and winter and move back to their home paddocks at Tony and Val's for lambing.
My previous lambing experience through the holidays from agricultural college has served me well and the 2011 lambing went really well. The only assists required were Ole' Girl who started the proceedings off on the 10th April with a whopping single lamb and Cappuccino who had her first lamb without problem, number 2 however was in a superman position, one leg and head forward and one leg all the way back, stuck fast. After a series of calls from Neil, who had tried everything he could think of, there was nothing to it but for me to zip back from the office and see if I could get the lamb out. Suit jacket left on the fence and sleeves rolled up followed by quite a lot of groaning (from the ewe and me) Clark Kent made his arrival safe and sound.
The ewe lamb was last to drop on the 22nd April and there are now 16 strong healthy and inquisitive lambs charging round and growing fast.
Our neighbours have a lovely small flock of Ryeland and Shetland sheep, headed by Bruno the ram. Having helped out a couple of years ago when there were a couple of slightly traumatic lambings we now have a "sheep share" arrangement whereby the girls come onto our pasture in the autumn and winter and move back to their home paddocks at Tony and Val's for lambing.
My previous lambing experience through the holidays from agricultural college has served me well and the 2011 lambing went really well. The only assists required were Ole' Girl who started the proceedings off on the 10th April with a whopping single lamb and Cappuccino who had her first lamb without problem, number 2 however was in a superman position, one leg and head forward and one leg all the way back, stuck fast. After a series of calls from Neil, who had tried everything he could think of, there was nothing to it but for me to zip back from the office and see if I could get the lamb out. Suit jacket left on the fence and sleeves rolled up followed by quite a lot of groaning (from the ewe and me) Clark Kent made his arrival safe and sound.
The first arrival
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