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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 6011632" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>phone goes 7am....mum informs me of twins in a section....i'm already up....funny how when it's dark mornings you don't want to get up but a bit of light/sunshine and you're away<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>now i was pretty sure that was it til march 10th<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />....but on arrival at farm the mystery is solved...it's a shearling that contrived to get in the fattening house with the ram lambs last autumn<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....must've jumped hurdle i reckon...randy little so and so<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />.....i marked her when i took her out...anyhoo it's our first exlana x to lamb which is exiting<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>bit of breakfast....bit of a loose end so i bite the bullet and do the bills<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />....they're not to bad<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />....still i could do with stewardship money...next months gonna be a bitch<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>i decide to let ewes/lambs out....a path constructed of flexinet/hurdles leads 30 yds to paddock that houses polytunnel and then barnfield<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.....the blocked gateway is to home close....i let them out and stride off with motivational conc.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />...the wilts follow....the texels and dorsets head for the fodder beet and the cheviot cross just run about....the lambs head straight for the flexinet......i'm forced to retreat to the home close gateway....but it's a forlorn hope....the texels are edging to my left...the cheviots have made it to the combine on my right...the dorsets are still eating beet:<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />:....this is it my last stand<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />...my epitaph 'trampled to death by sheep'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />....mum and 'help arrive' like the cavalry<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />....and order is restored<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />......mum tells me off...'they've had no breakfast' she chides 'BTW....you do know they can get from barnfield to home close'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /></p><p></p><p>i put the muckspreader on the black red 885xl ... i don't really know why<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />...then i take mule down the field to make sure the ewes can get no further<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling :whistle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":whistle:" /></p><p></p><p>cuppa tea then 'dude' turns up...he's helping me convert an elderly bateson livestock trailer into a pigeon loft and then he's having 'kirks' building leftovers which i'm taking to his chicken empire base (which doubles as fil's dairy farm)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>'have you got a tape measure?' he asks<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />....'much to learn about bird house construction you have young padowan' i reply<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />....about 3 hrs later we finish....ok we havn't used a tape measure but we havn't used a hammer either<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />...we load his supplies and depart....arriving i have to view his birds and venture an opinion on which cockerals to keep<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /></p><p></p><p>back at the farm cue some benny hill music as we get ewes and lambs back in<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />..i'd like to say it's because some of the leccy fencing is a bit 'advisory at mo'...truth is though if i go tell mum they've had no 'tea' i'll be for the high jump<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>home for pizza<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> (cinders choice) and bath<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite38" alt=":dead:" title="Dead :dead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":dead:" />:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 6011632, member: 12281"] phone goes 7am....mum informs me of twins in a section....i'm already up....funny how when it's dark mornings you don't want to get up but a bit of light/sunshine and you're away:) now i was pretty sure that was it til march 10th:scratchhead:....but on arrival at farm the mystery is solved...it's a shearling that contrived to get in the fattening house with the ram lambs last autumn:rolleyes:....must've jumped hurdle i reckon...randy little so and so:eek:.....i marked her when i took her out...anyhoo it's our first exlana x to lamb which is exiting:) bit of breakfast....bit of a loose end so i bite the bullet and do the bills:(....they're not to bad:)....still i could do with stewardship money...next months gonna be a bitch:( i decide to let ewes/lambs out....a path constructed of flexinet/hurdles leads 30 yds to paddock that houses polytunnel and then barnfield:).....the blocked gateway is to home close....i let them out and stride off with motivational conc.:)...the wilts follow....the texels and dorsets head for the fodder beet and the cheviot cross just run about....the lambs head straight for the flexinet......i'm forced to retreat to the home close gateway....but it's a forlorn hope....the texels are edging to my left...the cheviots have made it to the combine on my right...the dorsets are still eating beet::rolleyes::....this is it my last stand:eek:...my epitaph 'trampled to death by sheep':eek:....mum and 'help arrive' like the cavalry:)....and order is restored:)......mum tells me off...'they've had no breakfast' she chides 'BTW....you do know they can get from barnfield to home close':cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: i put the muckspreader on the black red 885xl ... i don't really know why:scratchhead:...then i take mule down the field to make sure the ewes can get no further:whistle: cuppa tea then 'dude' turns up...he's helping me convert an elderly bateson livestock trailer into a pigeon loft and then he's having 'kirks' building leftovers which i'm taking to his chicken empire base (which doubles as fil's dairy farm):D:D:D 'have you got a tape measure?' he asks:eek::eek:....'much to learn about bird house construction you have young padowan' i reply:D:D....about 3 hrs later we finish....ok we havn't used a tape measure but we havn't used a hammer either:)...we load his supplies and depart....arriving i have to view his birds and venture an opinion on which cockerals to keep:scratchhead: back at the farm cue some benny hill music as we get ewes and lambs back in:rolleyes:..i'd like to say it's because some of the leccy fencing is a bit 'advisory at mo'...truth is though if i go tell mum they've had no 'tea' i'll be for the high jump:eek: home for pizza:( (cinders choice) and bath:dead:: [/QUOTE]
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