Find about our life on the farm
I have experienced a few kiddings since owning Pygmy goats so I thought I would share with you some signs that your goat is either about to go into labour or is actively labouring. If you have experience in sheep, the signs are not dissimilar but it is a good idea to get to know … [Read more…]
Dates are not my strong point. I have turned up for many appointments and activities either a week or day early or two weeks late. It therefore comes to no surprise that I worked out the dates of the goat pregnancies wrong. Goats are pregnant for 150 days. The billy goat arrived on April 20 … [Read more…]
There have been times as a blogger when been offered something unbelievable. This time it was my youngest who was in for the surprise of his life. JCB Kids got in touch asking if we would like to review something and I actually told the lovely PR that this was the farm kid equivalent of … [Read more…]
Farm life has definitely become busier in the last month. Almost as soon as August’s Farm Life piece was published, we bought the donkeys. You can read all about them here. While I would say they are slightly easier to look after than horses, they still need mucking out if they are inside so if … [Read more…]
Sheep books are life for the children of sheep farmers but there are many children out there who like sheep too so I thought I would share our favourites. Pete the Sheep by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley is set in Australia and is the tale of Sean the shearer who, instead of … [Read more…]
I am sure you know now that my husband and I are very spontaneous We hardly ever plan anything. Things usually just happen around here and, while we are a lethal combination together (especially where animals buying is concerned) it does work and we do laugh about it. Over the summer holidays, I took the … [Read more…]
If you want to know about teaching, you would go and ask a teacher so if you want to know about farming, a farmer should be your first port of call to see what really happens. As sheep farmers ourselves, I think it is important to tell people what we do. I asked a group … [Read more…]
We always have lamb in our freezer. Well, almost always. There’s nothing like cooking a joint of lamb for dinner and knowing you at least saw it happy in its life. The problem is, for cuts like leg and shoulder, there can often be a lot of left overs. Rather than treat the dogs to … [Read more…]
There are definitely some confusion around when it comes to sheep and lamb. I thought I would try and dispel some of these myths for you and try and help you understand why sheep farming can be so rewarding and why eating lamb is not a bad thing. 1. The best time to eat lamb … [Read more…]
I usually always write about our sheep farming year around this time because it coincides with Love Lamb Week at the start of September but I haven’t written an update since 2017 so I thought I would fill you in. The last year for us as sheep farmers has been good because the lambs have … [Read more…]
