Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Tuesday December 21st

 The sheep were at the northern end of the eastern section of the meadows. All 50 accounted for. All grazing well on the short grass . The old ewe remains lame but seems to be recovering. I saw one other which is limping having a sore off fore .otherwise no issues and they all look fine . 

The six cattle in the southern section were initially clustered around their trough but subsequently spread out across the top of the slope all grazing enthusiastically . All looking fine 

Julian bevis 

Monday, December 20, 2021

Monday 20th December

 All 50 sheep counted early this morning congregating in the North West corner of  Eastern field. Cows all seemed fine in South East corner. 

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Sat 18 & Sun 19 Dec

 All 50x sheep and 6x cattle accounted for. Troughs and fence are fine.

The sheep are normally in the northern end of the large field. 5 or 6 have messy back ends, which could be from something they've come across in their new grazing. The old ewe is still limping and one of the lambs - but not badly. No concerns.

Friday, December 17, 2021

Fri 17th December

 The sheep were obviously very hungry today as they wouldn't leave me alone! All in the North East corner of the field present and correct. The cows were in the South East corner and all 6 were fine. No vegetation obstructing the electric fence.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Thursday December 16th

 The cattle were at the top of the large field grazing on the short grass by the northern fence line . This is much more appealing than the long tussocky grass so they were clearly enjoying themselves . Unfortunately for them their period of enjoyment was to be short lived for as I was leaving Bea and Ben ( hope  I have the name right ) were moving them back to the southern part of the field which wasn’t so popular ! They all look fine and their trough is working ok 

All fifty sheep were accounted for . All looking fine , grazing and moving well apart once again for the old ewe which still has a sore off fore . It seems slightly better than when I saw her Tuesday but she still prefers to graze kneeling and doesn’t like putting much weight on it . Otherwise they are all fine . Their trough is working ok 


Julian bevis 



Thursday electric fence update

The electric fence is live again, please check for any vegetation touching the wires as this reduces the power of the battery, Energiser is next to trough please ensure clips are still on (green on metal earth stake and red of the fence)

Sheep now have access to BOTH small and large field, so they have water and more grazing.
Thanks
Bea

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

sunglasses found in large field


I have left them by the caralle entrance to the large field of they are are anyone's lost property.
If not, I wonder whose they are... be interesting to know how many people jump the fences...
The hedgecutting looks a little drastic but hedgelayers are in next week to lay a section, and hopefully over the years we can build this up into a better, thicker hedge to attract birds and rodents as well as refuge fir insects!
Small field grazing low, will rearrange fencing so more is grazed in large field