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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7318077" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>Volunteer as a lambing assistant somewhere. Shadow somebody for a couple of days training then get on with. It’s not as easy as it looks. Moments of joy, yes, and moments of medieval style stomach churning heart rending tragedy that you won’t have seen the likes of on TV. It’s a hard job not for the faint hearted. The landscape and open air is nice but there is a lot of stink, backache and mind numbingly tedious repetitive stuff. You don’t notice the landscape after a while. You are too busy juggling withdrawal dates on wormers and fly strike preventatives. And buy a microscope because you will need it to help formulate an effective worming programme / fluke control/ lice treatment.</p><p>Don’t take any notice of the dream farm TV programmes. They are bought by folks with money to burn and lose money hand over fist.</p><p>Also note that farmers aren’t that chirpy when the cameras aren’t on them. A sleep deprived farmer is probably the grumpiest person in the world to work for so you’ll need a brass neck and balls of steel.</p><p>Good luck. You’ll need it.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😆" title="Grinning squinting face :laughing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" data-shortname=":laughing:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7318077, member: 2119"] Volunteer as a lambing assistant somewhere. Shadow somebody for a couple of days training then get on with. It’s not as easy as it looks. Moments of joy, yes, and moments of medieval style stomach churning heart rending tragedy that you won’t have seen the likes of on TV. It’s a hard job not for the faint hearted. The landscape and open air is nice but there is a lot of stink, backache and mind numbingly tedious repetitive stuff. You don’t notice the landscape after a while. You are too busy juggling withdrawal dates on wormers and fly strike preventatives. And buy a microscope because you will need it to help formulate an effective worming programme / fluke control/ lice treatment. Don’t take any notice of the dream farm TV programmes. They are bought by folks with money to burn and lose money hand over fist. Also note that farmers aren’t that chirpy when the cameras aren’t on them. A sleep deprived farmer is probably the grumpiest person in the world to work for so you’ll need a brass neck and balls of steel. Good luck. You’ll need it.😆 [/QUOTE]
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