What should have been a joyful occasion on the farm yesterday turned to sadness when one of our ewes gave birth to twins, the first stillborn and the second unable to survive more than 45 minutes. Lambing normally takes place without complications so it’s hard to know, exactly, why two baby lambs born to the […]
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My wife and I are too old to have any more children. But yesterday we had our sheep shorn and discovered that three of our five Friesian ewes are expecting. With their winter wool coats on, there were no obvious signs of pregnancy. But once all that fleece was clipped away, the swollen bellies and […]
Eggs and meat birds raised on pasture have become the ne plus ultra of the poultry dining experience. We love to think of the protein on our plate as having roamed freely on grass just as nature intended before being offered to us as a meal. Recently we here on the farm discovered just how […]
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