Well, we've had the most exciting week...! Firstly Fiver our lovely tame bantam, that nearly died as a chick last year (she was badly pecked by a jealous mum!) laid her first egg!! Now we have two, and they're both blue - and nearly the same size as a hen egg
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| Graham the Sheep Scanner |
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| Our clever girls! |
Then, we had our four ewes scanned today - AND, they're all having twins! Helen came in especially to watch the scanning, with our other students - they were all SO excited...Graham the mobile scanner, was really helpful, showing the students the scanning diagrams on the monitor, and very patient - he said it was the most fun he'd had in ages!!
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| Danny 'throwing a pot' with Rose |
This week we have also been out and about! Some friends have opened an 'Art Barn' nearby at Calmsden, and they invited us to go along and join in with their 'Artists in Residence'. Everyone had such a good time - yesterday morning we painted, and today we did some charcoal drawing. We are hoping to plan our murals for the porta cabins, while we are there, and then start painting the outsides when the weather improves (we've had some snow tonight!)
Back on site, the students have been taking cuttings, and planting seeds to grow on for our next sale - in the Spring hopefully.
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The 'markers' for the ewes
red for singles, green for triplets
and blue for no lamb... |
