This rather handsome fellow is Mandeville Richmond a lovely Moorit Gulmoget. I have a real fondness for all the Shetland shades of brown and a particular love of the Gulmoget pattern, and as would be expected from the Mandeville flock he is a really lovely example of both. Sadly due to our upcoming move we … Read more
Sheep 101. No, Disney haven’t run out of Dalmatians for their latest reboot, and it’s not a wolf-infested room of nightmares in the Ministry of Love. This is sheep 101, the beginners guide to sheep keeping and all things sheep. Heidi and I learned lots of helpful tips, especially about lambing and pest control, but … Read more
With the help of Facebook we finally have all of our sheep home safe and sound! How can Facebook catch sheep I hear you ask, well …. After our last post we went back again and managed to get the remaining three contained in electronet fencing. What we didn’t realise was that Shetland sheep can … Read more
Like the pound coin down the back of the sofa, King Tut’s tomb, and that WW2 bomber that turned up on the moon, our sheep have been found. Hurrah! They had cut a marauding swathe through the Somerset countryside and taken up residence in a neighbouring farmer’s field a couple of miles away. So you … Read more
Like Amelia Earheart, Jimmy Hoffa, D.B. Cooper and Clint Eastwood in that Alcatraz film, our sheep have gone missing. For two years our little flock have lived happily in our field, giving us great joy and many cheerful moments, but after the snowfall yesterday they vanished without a trace. It is a very distressing and … Read more
Pebbles was our rabbit. She had had a rough past, as a result she didn’t like other rabbits or people. She quite liked Charlie and Ollie although they ignored her. She liked the sheep but thought the chickens were insane. The way to her heart was definitely via her stomach, and with the right treats … Read more
Having checked the field was clear of foxes, crocodiles, and Colonel Sanders, we decided to let our baby chickens have a bit of a run around. Henry just strutted off indignantly, sheep Nyta tried to wear one as a hat, and the new speckly chook had some sage advice for our little partridge pekin on … Read more
New arrivals … Wordless Wednesday
Very sadly last week we lost our chicken Georgina. she was very much the favourite, and certainly the friendliest of the 3 girls. She loved sitting up on Chris’ shoulder, being the parrot to his pirate. We had already decided that we needed more chickens and so on the weekend we added 4 new chicks … Read more
We had plans to get the last of the girls sheared this week. We have succeeded in fully shearing 1. That 1 took the best part of Sunday! We started on Olivia after work on Monday, and got halfway. We fully intended on finishing her the next day. But sheep, being sheep, they had other … Read more
With our assortment of creatures and my fondness for fresh from the garden vegetables, this time of year is very busy. Add to that the time needed for exercise so I don’t lose the diet challenge. It means that I have been spending only the time needed for work at my desk, leaving the blog … Read more
(Well at least they will be when we let them out of their temporary accommodation …) On Sunday we went for a little jaunt and came home with a lovely quartet of Muscovy ducks. It wasn’t entirely on a whim, but rather they are part of our plan to deal with the bugs this summer … Read more
As I mentioned yesterday I Love Spring! One of my very favourite things about Spring is that it means I can get back to my vegetable garden. Of course I am a geek so before I get anywhere the garden I spend hours planning it out on the computer! Spring is the time of plans … Read more
From a friendly bucket-trained, flock. 2 registered ewes, born in the Shetlands in 2010. Island Georgina & Island Grace They are on the experimental register, which means that if you wish to register their female offspring they must be sired by an approved ram. 5 shearling ewes, can be registered. 2 would be stage B … Read more