We have spent the whole day getting the barn ready for lambing which starts some time next week... the nursery was all cleared & disinfected this afternoon and is drying out ready for the pens to be constructed.. We have reclaimed all the components from their various other uses.. A big bale of straw has arrived together with another of fresh hay........ The wire racks have been rounded up too and we have invested in some hay nets for all the additional pens we'll need later.... Just the water buckets to collect, the reclaimed crystalix containers to wash out for feed and we are ready!!
The first batch of ewes are inside at night and out in home field when the weather allows....... today has been glorious with the first warm sunny day in ages...... they have all loved being outside in the fresh air.... in fact Melody and her gang are staying out tonight for the first time in ages... they are in the field next to the barn so there has been much conversation with them all day... Melody particularly..... she likes to chat if she can hear me close by... neither of us know what the heck we are talking about but we both ramble on endlessly to each other!! I'm preparing her old pen to look just as it was when I raised her last year, as she is in lamb and I want it all to look familiar for her.... ok I know its a bit over the top for a sheep but think how you'd feel??
I have a lambing course at the vets in Leyburn on Tuesday, I hope to have the confidence to assist with any difficult births this year as over the last 3 seasons I've felt rather useless when something serious has been required. I'll have a much better idea of what I'm doing, and hopefully won't feel so nervous about it!
The first batch of ewes are inside at night and out in home field when the weather allows....... today has been glorious with the first warm sunny day in ages...... they have all loved being outside in the fresh air.... in fact Melody and her gang are staying out tonight for the first time in ages... they are in the field next to the barn so there has been much conversation with them all day... Melody particularly..... she likes to chat if she can hear me close by... neither of us know what the heck we are talking about but we both ramble on endlessly to each other!! I'm preparing her old pen to look just as it was when I raised her last year, as she is in lamb and I want it all to look familiar for her.... ok I know its a bit over the top for a sheep but think how you'd feel??
I have a lambing course at the vets in Leyburn on Tuesday, I hope to have the confidence to assist with any difficult births this year as over the last 3 seasons I've felt rather useless when something serious has been required. I'll have a much better idea of what I'm doing, and hopefully won't feel so nervous about it!
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