This rather handsome fellow is Mandeville Richmond a lovely Moorit Gulmoget. I have a real fondness for all the Shetland shades of brown and a particular love of the Gulmoget…
Sheep 101. No, Disney haven't run out of Dalmatians for their latest reboot, and it's not a wolf-infested room of nightmares in the Ministry of Love. This is sheep 101,…
With the help of Facebook we finally have all of our sheep home safe and sound! How can Facebook catch sheep I hear you ask, well .... After our last…
Like the pound coin down the back of the sofa, King Tut's tomb, and that WW2 bomber that turned up on the moon, our sheep have been found. Hurrah! They…
Like Amelia Earheart, Jimmy Hoffa, D.B. Cooper and Clint Eastwood in that Alcatraz film, our sheep have gone missing. For two years our little flock have lived happily in our…
Pebbles was our rabbit. She had had a rough past, as a result she didn't like other rabbits or people. She quite liked Charlie and Ollie although they ignored her.…
Having checked the field was clear of foxes, crocodiles, and Colonel Sanders, we decided to let our baby chickens have a bit of a run around. Henry just strutted off…
New arrivals ... Wordless Wednesday
Very sadly last week we lost our chicken Georgina. she was very much the favourite, and certainly the friendliest of the 3 girls. She loved sitting up on Chris' shoulder,…
We had plans to get the last of the girls sheared this week. We have succeeded in fully shearing 1. That 1 took the best part of Sunday! We started…
With our assortment of creatures and my fondness for fresh from the garden vegetables, this time of year is very busy. Add to that the time needed for exercise so…
(Well at least they will be when we let them out of their temporary accommodation ...) On Sunday we went for a little jaunt and came home with a lovely…
As I mentioned yesterday I Love Spring! One of my very favourite things about Spring is that it means I can get back to my vegetable garden. Of course I…
From a friendly bucket-trained, flock. 2 registered ewes, born in the Shetlands in 2010. Island Georgina & Island Grace They are on the experimental register, which means that if you…