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December
- We are sorting what rams are going to be
sold at what sales. We have entered into the National Scrapie Plan Welsh Ewe
Scheme. They are coming to test our yearling ewes and ewe lambs them first
week in August 2003. We have already tested our Ram Lambs and they are all
Group 1 or Group 2's.
November
- The ground has gone very wet. We have
put about 300 lambs in on creep feed. The pedigree Texel ewes that are entered
for the sales have been scanned (see ewes entered for sales for results) we have coloured
them with bloom ready to sell. We have lost quite a few sheep from eating
acorns, I think it must be a bad year for them. They are all over Tynybryn so
its hard to keep the sheep away from them.
October
- After a lovely September, October is
here in force. Its rained most of the month. We had some ewes to repeat to
rams but not to bad.
September
- The Pedigree ewes have all been put to
the Rams using sponges and A.I , we run a ram with them for the repeats that get served naturally.
We try to lamb around the first week in February.
August
- We are busy getting Texel Rams ready
for the sales, and to sell at home. The sales we sell at are Chelford,
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Texel club sales. They are held at the end of
August and beginning of September.
- All of our commercial and pedigree lambs
have been weaned from their mothers. They are brought from our hill farm (Dolfor
Hill) down to the lower land and go onto the ground we cut hay and silage from
at the end of June. There is lovely aftermath of fresh grass now which will
finish lambs. We go through the lambs checking for the ones that are ready
to be sent off once a week.
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