Electronic identification of sheep comes into effect at the end of the year – we had our letter from DEFRA today. Read more about it here.
I’m not sure how much it will change things for us – our current girls can stay tagged as they are, future lambs only have to have the EID if they go [...]
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electric sheep
Posted in livestock, sheep on 18 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
waiting for rain
Posted in chickens, general wittering, grow your own food, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding, vegetables on 15 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
The forecast had given dire warnings of heavy rain for today, so it was with surprise that we woke up to sunshine. We rushed out to make the most of it before the rain came – and that is how the day went.
Himself finished digging over veg bed 8 (only 8 more to go then!), [...]
rainy day today – and it got steadily worse
Very attractive idea to stay indoors and just knit and crochet (it being half term an all). However, the animals always know how to change that idea. The ram developed a bit of a limp, so we consulted his owners who decided they would lie to get [...]
autumn proper
Posted in general wittering, livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, tagged sheep on 21 October 2009 | 2 Comments »
Suddenly, I noticed whilst trudging down the hill to visit the sheep, the leaves are coming off the trees in armfuls, and it is autumn for sure. The sheep, bless em, are usually lurking in the field shelter, and like to look up nonchalantly as I peer in to makes sure we do actually still have [...]
is it worth it?
Posted in chickens, general wittering, grow your own food, livestock, pigs, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding on 14 October 2009 | 5 Comments »
When raising animals for food, and eggs, or growing veg, it always has to be questioned whether it is actually worth it, financially and effortwise.
Well I think it is on many levels.
Financially, it is. But it depends what you take into account – I have seen so many times the question on a forum; “how [...]
new lamb skins
Posted in livestock, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding on 6 October 2009 | 3 Comments »
We collected the latest lambskins from the lovely people at Devonia yesterday. They are so friendly and helpful, and we are really pleased with the latest ones.
We had an idea of what to expect with the white ones, as we already have one Devon closewoolx polled Dorset rug, but the ‘black’ one – which is [...]
Saffron and Shawn
Posted in livestock, sheep on 26 September 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was in the sheep field today, gathering just a few more hazelnuts. Saffie, our Zwartbles cross ewe came to see me. She’s a very affable sheep, and likes a bit of fuss.
This made Shawn wake up. Shawn, the borrowed ram is with us for a couple of months, and he is knocking on. Which [...]
animal husbandry day
Posted in chickens, livestock, pigs, self-sufficiency, sheep, smallholding on 20 September 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today we killed and dressed and jointed the three cockerels, which are nearly 19 weeks (I miscalculated before) – a little early but two of them were crowing so much it was bothering me, nevermind the neighbours (who have not complained yet, and we would like it to stay that way!). A little skinny but not [...]
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