Shearing Ewe Lambs 2016

Shearing Ewe Lambs 2016

I feel for black sheep in this sunny summer heat also as I caught 2 cases of fly strike very early and I do not like pouring chemicals on them I had the lambs all shorn. Here is a short film of them getting their hot fleeces off in this summer heat [pl_video...
Shearing Zwartbles Lambs

Shearing Zwartbles Lambs

With this unusually hot weather we are having I noticed a few days ago the lambs were going backwards and not thriving. They were seeking deep shade very early in the mornings and panting in the hot stillness. So I debated what to, start to feed them lamb nuts or...
A Return to Farm Diary’s 19 May 2013

A Return to Farm Diary’s 19 May 2013

I have been absent from my written and photographic prose. This came acutely into focus yesterday when I had an unexpected visitor, a farmer who asked why I had stopped my Farm Diaries. He had really enjoyed reading them and seeing the photographs about farm life,...
Shearing & Fleece Rolling

Shearing & Fleece Rolling

When shearing a sheep there is a system; one shears up one side then down the other.  All the while the sheep is moved, rolled, held, and if done correctly relaxes into the system as its fleeces comes off in one big piece.   First off comes the belly wool  ...
Shearing Day 2012

Shearing Day 2012

Shearing day is always busy, but this year I had two film crews to deal with as well as sheep, lambs, photographing and cooking a slap up meal for all. We were so lucky with the weather only having a slight mizzle of rain at one point but our (new) year old shed with...

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