Hay
Grass has stopped growing so our sheep will now be supplemented with hay and silage.
Honeyburn Farm
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Lambs at Grass keep
We transported ewes and lambs, from the farmhouse to the grasskeep.
Dark Waters
Last night, I fell asleep about 10pm, too tired to remain awake to care for the wee twin lambs. News came, one died the other survived, it took 2–3 hours for the lamb's temperature to normalise to enable feeding of vital colostrum.
Border Reivers
We visited the Reviver's festival in Hawick, catching the tale end of the procession we walked to the castle mound to observe this re-enactment festival of the Scottish Borders.
Straw and Mac
Wet and windy day in Borthwick valley, Charlie has gone to the poly tunnel to feed the mother ewes haylage as one mother ewe is attempting to climb their pens!
Honeyburn
Charlie is helping our neighbour with sawing his firewood today, the kind neighbour that leaves bags of logs by our doorstep. He uses a hand powered bow saw, but Charlie has an electric chainsaw that will make lighter work of the tiring job. In the afternoon, we drove to the
Calves
There were many calves at the farm today.
Loading Hay
The sheep in the poly tunnel have finished their hay bale, so this morning we travelled to the other farm.
Honeyburn
The breed of these cattle is named Limousin, a French breed of beef cattle from the Limousin and Marche regions of France.
Silage
In the afternoon I accompanied Charlie in his tractor rolling silage, but the tilts, left and right, and ups and downs were not great upon my stomach.