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I have recovered from last weeks trauma, although an official looking brown envelope arrived during the week post marked Team Valley Post Office and I thought it might have been a bill from the P.O. I was too scared to…

Actually it wasn’t a bad week, but the loss of Scooter was sad. Last year we lost 3 of 5 pet lambs and were told by farmers that the loss amongst pets wasn’t unusual, as you can’t substitute a mother…

The tup died on Monday. We were not suprised as he seemed to be going down hill & it was probably for the best. What we were not expecting, though, was that Scooter died yesterday. We were both shocked as…

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…