diary of a comedy sheep farm

[primmiemoo]

Slightly belated Happy Easter, all!

 

[Radio]

Leave the cades alone. Risk of introducing new scour and goodness what else onto the farm. Close the flock as much as you can. Take the first loss

 

[spin cycle]

monday thru wednesday

finally reached due date and a slow/steady start.....from a miserable 0.2 live lambs /lambing we've recovered to 1.25 overall and rising ....that said we've problems....slow milk (which is a puzzle) and some small lambs.....at least you can work on them.....little laura is a real bruiser in a week......our suffolk x are best performing which is noted....good lambs + milk......the other thing that i've suddenly realised is that our ewes are very aged....only a handful under 5 years...belatedly i'm working on it....no hoggs have lambed yet

so here's a little 'ditty'......i've been diligent on bottom yard ....decreasing mud little tidier ......helping my morale......ram lamb pen down to 5... we chucked them out onto a little paddock next to hms spin cycle....stock fence one side leccy the other.....of the five...two'll make fat....two screws to run on ....and.....bhuna (HH's pet)........good dry over the weekend i reckon it'd be an opportunity to retrieve some straw from small barn on grazing marsh

off i go....tractor trailer.....admiral picks me up on mule.....i go back with forklift....plan was load trailer .....forklift home....admiral runs me back etc......good news the marsh is dry enough......bad news...arriving at the barn i find some 'naughty hurdlers' have eaten the first two rows of bales.....not a disaster but the residue 2ft of muck proved impenetrable to the forklift......boom out i got a few bales but then had to resort to straps and pulling bales out ......not good for the bale's integrity ........slightly frustrated ....eventually i'm back at the yard with a load of very fragile bales.....first couple off i loose some straw....i'm swearing....'my yard'......bale 3......gingerly moving suddenly BHUNA!!!! right in front of forklift the rest in pursuit....i swerve.....off comes bale and bursts all over the yard......true to his hurdler heritage bhuna had gone thru the leccy fence without hesitation and was last seen grain store bound whilst i ponder if there's more straw on the yard or in the barn

K came upon a used touring caravan......needed somewhere to store it.....likes the peace of the farm....so we've done a deal.....4 nights a week she does last check and first morning check....stays in caravan + small stipend........wondering if this is how 'landed gentry live'?.....flatty??

caption ' ah good ho....staff just delivered triplets'

 

[farmer james]

a week......our suffolk x are best performing which is noted....good lambs + milk......

Shall I put your name down for a ram this year then Spin?
FJ

 

[spin cycle]

Shall I put your name down for a ram this year then Spin?
FJ

yes I think so....scooby showing his age...won't do another tupping

 

[primmiemoo]

The pitfalls of ultrafree range sheep and straw! Been there, Spin! I forget if you keep any fowls ~ if so, also beware of the "100 year old" clutch of eggs in the rick

Good to see the triple. Onwards and upwards!

 

[spin cycle]

psst....don't tell mrs spin.....ostensibly went to naam for supplies and calf buckets(none to be had)...but just had a little flutter wit houskeeping

 

[AftonShepherd]

psst....don't tell mrs spin.....ostensibly went to naam for supplies and calf buckets(none to be had)...but just had a little flutter wit houskeeping

That must be photoshopped! No way you can get as high odds as that on Ipswich

 

[spin cycle]

That must be photoshopped! No way you can get as high odds as that on Ipswich

WHAT....OH FECK....I've put wrong bet on

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

WHAT....OH FECK....I've put wrong bet on

You numpty....I thought you were using some sort of reverse psychology

I won't show carbonfibre canary

 

[AftonShepherd]

You numpty....I thought you were using some sort of reverse psychology

As did I! Spinny has outspinned himself this time

 

[spin cycle]

hypothetically if one lost two sets of lucas keys thru....err...I dunno a hole in one's lambing trousers...rendering their forklift inoperable would they just need another key...or complete barrel assembly?

asking for a friend

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

hypothetically if one lost two sets of lucas keys thru....err...I dunno a hole in one's lambing trousers...rendering their forklift inoperable would they just need another key...or complete barrel assembly?

asking for a friend

Lucas key........normally the engine oil dipstick would start it or a screwdriver

 

[spin cycle]

Lucas key........normally the engine oil dipstick would start it or a screwdriver

my 'friend' tells me the ignition .needs to be on to pump fuel

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

my 'friend' tells me the ignition .needs to be on to pump fuel

Run a couple of wires direct from the battery.....what could possibly go wrong for your "friend"

 

[spin cycle]

Run a couple of wires direct from the battery.....what could possibly go wrong for your "friend"

yer a great ferkin help you are....err I mean...I'll tell him

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

yer a great ferkin help you are....err I mean...I'll tell him

Be thankful it's not @robbie trying to help your "friend"

 

[spin cycle]

Shall I put your name down for a ram this year then Spin?
FJ

the hurdlers strike back...3 suffolkx with singles last night...then just now

 

[primmiemoo]

hypothetically if one lost two sets of lucas keys thru....err...I dunno a hole in one's lambing trousers...rendering their forklift inoperable would they just need another key...or complete barrel assembly?

asking for a friend

Pocket knife to spark it?

 

[primmiemoo]

the hurdlers strike back...3 suffolkx with singles last night...then just now

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They look an even litter from that angle. Feeding must be right.