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diary of a comedy sheep farm
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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 6187528" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>right...just in...had me tea<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />.....where to begin<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" />....yesterday i suppose<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:" /></p><p></p><p>farmers mental health has been in the news recently and i am a 'sufferer'....10 yrs ago when my gp said i was depressed i laughed at him...but he was right and i've been on seratonin uptake inhibitors every since...the trouble is if i forget to take them for a couple days i'm in a mess.....it manifests itself as a sort of persecution complex...coupled with getting angry.....i call them my 'rage pills'.....anyhow yesterday afternoon whilst ploughing sam papworth (papworth are a well known norfolk farming family) said a little bit on the radio and really summed it up....i can't remember his words exactly but the gist....farmers have gone from respected producers of food to public enemy no1 and financially farming is grim</p><p></p><p>thursday..in a bad mood...got through...finished fert spreading and got stuck into ploughing....land is like a desert <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />.....later 'K' shows me a wound on her forearm...i think she has orf<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />.....we've been wearing gloves/washing meticulously but some hay prickled hey arm and in it got<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>wednesday ...better mood...'K' was having day off anyway...i've told her not to come back til tuesday at the earliest anyway.....got in early did some ploughing....then the rounds and two dead lambs....both poor doers and half expected TBH.......weaned some orphans.....orf in orphanage is clearing up in some and breaking out in others....the nz suffolk lambs don't seem to get it...but the beltex are chronic<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />... off to vet for blue spray....back for early lunch</p><p></p><p>finish the ploughing bar headlands....back to yard to get oldest nash for rolling....cuppa + rollie and agronomist turns up.....ewe 811 + twins wanders past<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 don't use much chem these days and i research what i need so we work out a plan<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.....check ewe lambs...one lambing ....i leave her to it and go rolling</p><p></p><p>5:30 my nash chugs back in yard except there several ewes/lambs wandering about...the 'maginot line' has collapsed<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />.....the ewe lamb is struggling<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 help her first...decent single<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />..little shocked i have to spend a few mins to get her licking lamb<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />....i think about leaving the escapees until later....until i see two heading up the drive<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />....takes me 40 mins.....bloody things have a tactic....a couple arrive...i get some food take them back....another couple appear....more fudging food.....and so on.....every time i open the hurdle a certain poll dorset tries to get back out again..talk about groundhog day<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /> .....back to iodine new lamb...two fecking hooves + tail hanging out....i get that out alive...colostrum them...hungry little buggers<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>home and mrs spin's old school friend (osf) is round....cat brings live rabbit in she screams...rabbit runs under bookcase....cat goes out gets another rabbit...dead....'osf' screams again.....mrs spin demands i remove rabbit....i use it as a mascot on 'osf's car....i wonder if she'll notice<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></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 6187528, member: 12281"] right...just in...had me tea(y).....where to begin:scratchhead:....yesterday i suppose:rolleyes: farmers mental health has been in the news recently and i am a 'sufferer'....10 yrs ago when my gp said i was depressed i laughed at him...but he was right and i've been on seratonin uptake inhibitors every since...the trouble is if i forget to take them for a couple days i'm in a mess.....it manifests itself as a sort of persecution complex...coupled with getting angry.....i call them my 'rage pills'.....anyhow yesterday afternoon whilst ploughing sam papworth (papworth are a well known norfolk farming family) said a little bit on the radio and really summed it up....i can't remember his words exactly but the gist....farmers have gone from respected producers of food to public enemy no1 and financially farming is grim thursday..in a bad mood...got through...finished fert spreading and got stuck into ploughing....land is like a desert :(.....later 'K' shows me a wound on her forearm...i think she has orf:banghead::banghead:.....we've been wearing gloves/washing meticulously but some hay prickled hey arm and in it got:( wednesday ...better mood...'K' was having day off anyway...i've told her not to come back til tuesday at the earliest anyway.....got in early did some ploughing....then the rounds and two dead lambs....both poor doers and half expected TBH.......weaned some orphans.....orf in orphanage is clearing up in some and breaking out in others....the nz suffolk lambs don't seem to get it...but the beltex are chronic:banghead:... off to vet for blue spray....back for early lunch finish the ploughing bar headlands....back to yard to get oldest nash for rolling....cuppa + rollie and agronomist turns up.....ewe 811 + twins wanders past:rolleyes:...i don't use much chem these days and i research what i need so we work out a plan:).....check ewe lambs...one lambing ....i leave her to it and go rolling 5:30 my nash chugs back in yard except there several ewes/lambs wandering about...the 'maginot line' has collapsed:eek:.....the ewe lamb is struggling:rolleyes:.....i help her first...decent single(y)..little shocked i have to spend a few mins to get her licking lamb;)....i think about leaving the escapees until later....until i see two heading up the drive:banghead:....takes me 40 mins.....bloody things have a tactic....a couple arrive...i get some food take them back....another couple appear....more fudging food.....and so on.....every time i open the hurdle a certain poll dorset tries to get back out again..talk about groundhog day:banghead: .....back to iodine new lamb...two fecking hooves + tail hanging out....i get that out alive...colostrum them...hungry little buggers:) home and mrs spin's old school friend (osf) is round....cat brings live rabbit in she screams...rabbit runs under bookcase....cat goes out gets another rabbit...dead....'osf' screams again.....mrs spin demands i remove rabbit....i use it as a mascot on 'osf's car....i wonder if she'll notice:D:D [/QUOTE]
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