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Nearly there …

Posted on May 6, 2018 by James Hall

Another year’s lambing is nearly finished. After the hardest winter for at least a decade it was hard to know what to expect. We had rather more small lambs than usual and some very uneven twins, but it was not … Continue reading →

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No country for young lambs

Posted on April 26, 2016 by James Hall

We woke the morning to find weather more like January 26 than April 26. But it is what it is. The lambs seem to have survived so far, but we shall see what the rest of the week brings.

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The lamb

Posted on April 24, 2016 by James Hall

Born yesterday, this lamb was taking advantage this morning of sun spilling into the lambing shed. Despite the sun the air temperature is still cold so he will be in the shed for at least another 24 hours.

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Waiting and Resting

Posted on April 19, 2016 by James Hall

Lambing involves a lot of waiting around, both for the expectant mothers and for us; long periods of waiting interrupted by unplanned bouts of frantic activity. Today was a waiting day, and because it was also a day the weather … Continue reading →

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The lamb sale at Dingwall Mart

Posted on August 22, 2013 by James Hall

  Today was one of the key days of our farming year with the annual lamb sale at Dingwall. We were up early to gather and sort our lambs for the market, in anticipation of the lorry coming to collect … Continue reading →

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“Jagging” the lambs

Posted on July 27, 2013 by James Hall

  We had our lambs in yesterday for their last check up and ‘jagging’ (injection) before they go off to the mart next month. The good weather has obviously done them well and both ewes and lambs generally looked in … Continue reading →

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Sheep

Posted on July 13, 2013 by James Hall

As this photo shows, the sheep are doing well at the moment. We completed shearing quite early which turned out to be a good choice in the current hot weather and both the sheep and lambs seem to be in … Continue reading →

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New twins

Posted on May 2, 2013 by James Hall

  With all this focus on new arrivals I should point out that lambing is now in full swing up here, even though it is long over further south. These twins were born yesterday and are brought in from the … Continue reading →

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The sale

Posted on August 23, 2012 by James Hall

  So, I am back from my first lamb sale. It went remarkably well and we got a fair price for all our lambs; very reassuring. It was particularly nice that our main batch of ewe lambs, pictured in the … Continue reading →

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Gathering the sheep

Posted on August 22, 2012 by James Hall

  It is a big day for Croick tomorrow with our first lambs going to market. These are the first lambs from the gemmers (maiden ewes) we bought in Autumn 2010. Today we were gathering them in, counting, sorting and … Continue reading →

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