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Felt being laid out 

We’ve had an interesting weekend, largely due to spending saturday helping Kate to felt a banoose. Apparently it’s a north african cape type thing. North africans must be huge as the piece measured 18′ x 9′, and as such covered…

We noticed that Moulty’s lamb was scouring. The symptons are quite obvious and we had to catch her to worm her. This should have been easy – particulary seeing that Moulty is a bit lame and doesn’t move to quickly,…

Went to ASDA yesterday and had not made a note of the cars registration. So in a carpark full of seemingly similar cars, I was left with the horrible feeling I was going to have to wait before everyone left…

I have just helped Moulty deliver her lamb. Which entailed a bit of tugging on lamb legs and trying to work out what was going on. Luckily the problem seemed that it was a large lamb and I did not…

Well, we were one pregnant sheep short this morning, which meant that I had a quick look around the field. I couldn’t see her, but eventually saw a herdie head poking up among the rushes. As I walked down I…

Well, Ian is partially right. Scooter does follow me round the fields, so close that I keep stepping on her. However, she did nuzzle quite happily up to the gate post in the garden, and yesterday she ran straight past…

I feel that this week I may have been manipulated. Kate would obviously deny this, however somehow I managed to bring home a pet lamb earlier this week. Ostensibly it was meant to be for Cleatus, who had lost her…

today, Larry and yesterdays lamb seem to be doing well. Yesterdays lamb and his mum are still in the stable. We let Tiny out of the stable with the other tups yesterday as he seems to be getting skinny, this…

OH and Larry