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diary of a comedy sheep farm
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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 9288785" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>friday</p><p></p><p>bit of a day today <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>first thing i had to take the 'psm' to the 'main dealers'......she's still a bit worried.....up the fuel additive and back again in a fortnight<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>back home ....looking at the rain i pondered whether to let the ewes + lambs back onto a more sheltered field.....they've been on this new paddock since monday ...plenty of grass but not much shelter.....only trouble was i'd sprayed old field after moving them....part round up and part prevail (thistlex clone).....former should be ok but latter ought to be 7 days....though agronomist told me it's really just to make sure the chem is fully translocated really......anyhoo admiral and i set off .....only to find an enterprising hurdler had already decided for me.....bulldozed down a small piece of electric fence and led a cohort back already<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:" />....we check the field....everything seems ok remarkably so we exit thru the gate.....trundling back to the yard when we hear bleats and lo/behold some a tha b'strds have decided to follow us.....once again barging a small section of leccy fence<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:" />......wouldn't be quite so bad but this is mains powered energiser ....'safari park grade' according to the blurb when i bought it<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:" />......much swearing and bribery they were hustled/persuaded back.....except the half dozen i found in the grain store later<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>quick rollie break....then i needed to rejig orphan pen......mrs spin and K have done great work on our tiddlers/orphans<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" />......mrs spin is doing barn changeover....pings a msg....'take it you know about the tree down in the lane?'......answer 'NO'<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:" /><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:" /></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]d1IdBuH0OOo:2[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>so...i jump on mule and off to investigate......feck me a decent ash has come out of a copse and wiped out the phone line to our neighbours<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:" />.....he's already there chainsaw in hand....'hello james' he laughs......'oh ffs ' i say crestfallen .....anyhoo his forklift is elsewhere so i thank him for making a start and off i go to get my jalopy and 'stoohl'......back at yard i start the stoohl get it running hoping it decides to clear itself slightly before required to act<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:" />......mrs spin rings openreach.....after some 'difficulty' she 'persuades' them and they promise 4 hours<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /></p><p></p><p>back at the tree my stoohl behaves itself....well apart from the smoke<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:" />........we cut the tree up a bit....i push the rest back in the copse and he volunteers to clear the rest up.....'oh thank you' says i 'you're a fantastic neighbour and i'm such a useless one'.....'well at least you're here' he says 'most of my other neighbours arn't' (he has another holding in another village)....'btw is your fuel mix right?' he gestures towards the stoohl<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 explain my 'views on the brand'....then notice his chainsaw is a stihl also<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />....'i love mine' he says<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:" />.......now at the risk of sounding envious i must say his kit is immaculate and mine...well lets be honest....scrap<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:" />........but i should be able to match him in chainsaws.....but no....apparently i've managed to buy 'dr stoohl's friday afternoon's finest'<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:" />.....never the less grateful i head back to the yard and finish the orphan pen.....long lunch<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😗" title="Kissing face :kissing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f617.png" data-shortname=":kissing:" /></p><p></p><p>back at farm some odd jobs then i decide i'll have another ride round the field just in case they're are any lambs struggling.....i'm not disappointed<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:" />.......set of twins that are ok but no mum<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:" />.....fortunately mrs spin is about so we catch those then set off to find ewe.....which we do....she's in a poor way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />.......so they're all home tucked/topped up<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /></p><p></p><p>eventually home i'm just pulling in and gerry is walking round.....she's only baked me a cake<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179878[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>tbh....given events I'm just wondering if may 3rd is 'be nice to your village idiot day"<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 9288785, member: 12281"] friday bit of a day today :rolleyes: first thing i had to take the 'psm' to the 'main dealers'......she's still a bit worried.....up the fuel additive and back again in a fortnight:rolleyes: back home ....looking at the rain i pondered whether to let the ewes + lambs back onto a more sheltered field.....they've been on this new paddock since monday ...plenty of grass but not much shelter.....only trouble was i'd sprayed old field after moving them....part round up and part prevail (thistlex clone).....former should be ok but latter ought to be 7 days....though agronomist told me it's really just to make sure the chem is fully translocated really......anyhoo admiral and i set off .....only to find an enterprising hurdler had already decided for me.....bulldozed down a small piece of electric fence and led a cohort back already:rolleyes:....we check the field....everything seems ok remarkably so we exit thru the gate.....trundling back to the yard when we hear bleats and lo/behold some a tha b'strds have decided to follow us.....once again barging a small section of leccy fence:rolleyes:......wouldn't be quite so bad but this is mains powered energiser ....'safari park grade' according to the blurb when i bought it:rolleyes:......much swearing and bribery they were hustled/persuaded back.....except the half dozen i found in the grain store later:rolleyes: quick rollie break....then i needed to rejig orphan pen......mrs spin and K have done great work on our tiddlers/orphans:love:......mrs spin is doing barn changeover....pings a msg....'take it you know about the tree down in the lane?'......answer 'NO':rolleyes::banghead: [MEDIA=youtube]d1IdBuH0OOo:2[/MEDIA] so...i jump on mule and off to investigate......feck me a decent ash has come out of a copse and wiped out the phone line to our neighbours:banghead:.....he's already there chainsaw in hand....'hello james' he laughs......'oh ffs ' i say crestfallen .....anyhoo his forklift is elsewhere so i thank him for making a start and off i go to get my jalopy and 'stoohl'......back at yard i start the stoohl get it running hoping it decides to clear itself slightly before required to act:rolleyes:......mrs spin rings openreach.....after some 'difficulty' she 'persuades' them and they promise 4 hours🤞 back at the tree my stoohl behaves itself....well apart from the smoke:rolleyes:........we cut the tree up a bit....i push the rest back in the copse and he volunteers to clear the rest up.....'oh thank you' says i 'you're a fantastic neighbour and i'm such a useless one'.....'well at least you're here' he says 'most of my other neighbours arn't' (he has another holding in another village)....'btw is your fuel mix right?' he gestures towards the stoohl:rolleyes:......i explain my 'views on the brand'....then notice his chainsaw is a stihl also:oops:....'i love mine' he says:rolleyes:.......now at the risk of sounding envious i must say his kit is immaculate and mine...well lets be honest....scrap:rolleyes:........but i should be able to match him in chainsaws.....but no....apparently i've managed to buy 'dr stoohl's friday afternoon's finest':rolleyes:.....never the less grateful i head back to the yard and finish the orphan pen.....long lunch😗 back at farm some odd jobs then i decide i'll have another ride round the field just in case they're are any lambs struggling.....i'm not disappointed:rolleyes:.......set of twins that are ok but no mum:rolleyes:.....fortunately mrs spin is about so we catch those then set off to find ewe.....which we do....she's in a poor way :(.......so they're all home tucked/topped up🤞 eventually home i'm just pulling in and gerry is walking round.....she's only baked me a cake:love: [ATTACH type="full" alt="20240503_133958.jpg"]1179878[/ATTACH] tbh....given events I'm just wondering if may 3rd is 'be nice to your village idiot day"🤔 [/QUOTE]
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