Brendan and Emily used to turn up during the day to help out with feeding lambs born through the night and turning out mums and lambs that were ready. Because it was so cold we sometimes kept them in an extra day, but one day we had snow and a north-easterly wind and had to bring everything back in whether they'd lambed or not. What a palaver that was. And cold? I've never been colder and Skye, who'd come out to see if Emily or Brendan had any snacks, got roped into helping. She couldn't have looked any more miserable if someone had dropped cow poo into her bed (you know what she's like for keeping clean...).
Anyway we got them all in somehow but worked all day and night to sort through them all.
It's wet again today, so the silage is waiting for another day. We kept ourselves entertained putting some steers back into their own field after they'd jumped in with a group of the cows. At least they seem to be enjoying themselves because, of course, there aren't many flies to pester them.
Take care
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