| THE FARM 2 |
I know it s another sunrise, but when your having your coffee in the morning and this is what you see out of the window,i just had to catch it, as it is gone before you know it.
It is true about the old saying
"Red sky in the morning, shepperds warning, Red sky at night, shepperds delight,
was certainly true, because on this november morning, it srarted like this, by the afternoon it was absolutly pouring down.
We can get about 500 ewes in at a time to lamb down in this shed, and as we are emptying it, it is being filled up until finished, always nice knowing we are down to the last 500.
It is true about the old saying
"Red sky in the morning, shepperds warning, Red sky at night, shepperds delight,
was certainly true, because on this november morning, it srarted like this, by the afternoon it was absolutly pouring down.
We can get about 500 ewes in at a time to lamb down in this shed, and as we are emptying it, it is being filled up until finished, always nice knowing we are down to the last 500.
Sharing the same birthday, just proves that everything comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but both needing the same care.
Once we finish lambing, there isnt much time to dwell on having any time off, we are straight into dosing the earlier lambs, cleaning the ewes backends, as they can get a bit mucky when they are out on fresh grass, and once shearing comes, we have to makes sure that there isnt any Dags left on the fleece when it is rolled and put into a wool sack, as the wieght of big clods of muck hanging on the fleece can spoil a fleece by tearing it, and to be honest, it isnt very nice to get it all over you when rolling fleeces, so its best to remove it with a shearing machine before shearing, and that can take a long time to do all the ewes,
Then once shearing is over, we are ready to do silage, and as soon as silage is over, we are straight into Jetting,
That involes sending ewes and lambs through a long race, made up of gates, so they form an orderly queue, and they step through a machine that senses when they approch, and it jet sprays them down to the skin with sheep dip, to stop flies laying eggs on them throughout the summer, which leads to maggots, and as soon as they get wet as they are running through, they are out, so it is over very quickly,
I personaly think it is much less stressful than dipping, as they dont get dunked under the water, and it is a lot quicker anyway.
I will get more pics of certain jobs we do, it can be difficult, as we dont employ anyone on the farm, it can be too busy to take pictures, but i will try to put more on this page in the next couple of weeks, as a picture can say a thousand words sometimes, and can be sort of self explanatory.
Even though we work together every day, it is suprising how little we actually get to talk, apart from decision making that is, and if we are both on tractors all day during silage making, even though we are not alone, the radio is the only form of chat we hear for hours at a time.
This is a job i love doing,
It can be tedious for hours at a time, but i dont find it boring, as you have to concentrate on not tearing the wrap, and when stacking 4 high, lifting half a tonne up above the cab of the tractor, which makes the handling of the tractor unstable with any quick movements, it does tend to keep you focused, but it does make the time go quick.
Then once shearing is over, we are ready to do silage, and as soon as silage is over, we are straight into Jetting,
That involes sending ewes and lambs through a long race, made up of gates, so they form an orderly queue, and they step through a machine that senses when they approch, and it jet sprays them down to the skin with sheep dip, to stop flies laying eggs on them throughout the summer, which leads to maggots, and as soon as they get wet as they are running through, they are out, so it is over very quickly,
I personaly think it is much less stressful than dipping, as they dont get dunked under the water, and it is a lot quicker anyway.
I will get more pics of certain jobs we do, it can be difficult, as we dont employ anyone on the farm, it can be too busy to take pictures, but i will try to put more on this page in the next couple of weeks, as a picture can say a thousand words sometimes, and can be sort of self explanatory.
Even though we work together every day, it is suprising how little we actually get to talk, apart from decision making that is, and if we are both on tractors all day during silage making, even though we are not alone, the radio is the only form of chat we hear for hours at a time.
This is a job i love doing,
It can be tedious for hours at a time, but i dont find it boring, as you have to concentrate on not tearing the wrap, and when stacking 4 high, lifting half a tonne up above the cab of the tractor, which makes the handling of the tractor unstable with any quick movements, it does tend to keep you focused, but it does make the time go quick.
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