All 30x accounted for. They're getting better at coming in to a call. There were two stragglers when called, both of which had slight limps. One was #34.
They looked fine overall. No concerns.
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All 30x accounted for. They're getting better at coming in to a call. There were two stragglers when called, both of which had slight limps. One was #34.
They looked fine overall. No concerns.
Today the sheep were grazing in the eastern part of the short grass area close to the gates . They all came over to see what I was doing . All 30 accounted for . No one limping . All looking fine .
Julian bevis
30 counted,all across the the middle of the field.No limpers, all looking well.
The sheep in Barton meadow were in a loose group close to the media fence line spread out across the south facing slope . 30 accounted for . All fine and grazing well apart from one who has a slight limp . The near side fore appears to be the problem but it’s not a major issue . Sorry didn’t get the tag number . The trough is ok albeit a bit scummy and the water supply is working fine
Julian bevis
Counted all 30 at 6.45am this morning, already up and walking. All of them were in the dip in the middle of the field apart from one who stood on the brow of the hill overlooking the rest like an Impala in the Masai Mara looking out for predators! I didn't see any limpers today and didn't have time to check the trough, will check more closely next time.
All 30x sheep accounted for. They were very spread out across the tall grass. All seemed fine, no significant limping, no flies. No concerns.
I scooped a couple of buckets of water from the trough as the top was a bit scummy. It refilled normally.