A short recap of everything on the farm

I'm currently taking exams, so haven't been posting as much about the farm etc. However lots has still been happening, and today I'm going to be showing you a little of how everything is going.

Nan

Nan is still in training, and will be getting much more work after my exams finish in a few weeks. I will be considering Nursery Trials for November so if anyone has any experience with which ones are best please do get in touch.

The options are still open however I don't think I will be breeding from Nan, because I think that there are far too many collies (and other dogs) in rescue and I would rather increase my number of dogs by rescuing rather than breeding more. 

Two of the Jacobs

The family flock of Jacob sheep have now finished lambing and are currently being mob- grazed over some parts of our grazing. The ewe in the picture above was an orphan three years ago, Charlotte. She is still very friendly and has been raising some great lambs, one posing with her in the picture above.

Lambing 2015

I didn't post over lambing, it was a very busy time! These are two of the lambs a day after they were born, inside with their mother. Then of course there were my Oxford Down sheep who lambed earlier in the year...

Lambing 2015

Both of my ewes had one ewe lamb, an excellent result meaning my flock size doubled immediately. The lambs have been growing fast, they went back outside in March and are now still growing while grazing in with the Jacob flock.

Two of the girls last week

The lambs have grown fast, and I will be showing them later in the year, I have some shows planned in September. If any of you have any experience with showing I'd love to hear from you!

So that's a quick run through of whats been happening here on the farm, the next big thing will be shearing which will hopefully be taking place soon. Whats been happening with you? Let me know in the comments below. And don't forget to send in your 'Future Friday' topics, see my last post for details. Feel free to share, comment, follow; and don't forget to head over and follow my twitter @oxforddownsheep for 140 character snippets of whats happening with the sheep and everything else.