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
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
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
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