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John and helens journey


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Two little girls….well chuffed


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Congratulations the first of many kids for you both :-)
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cheers sheps, yes, slow but sure….learning learning learning….now thats out the way, we are confident on breeding more, plus the sheep and pigs….in time


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this was the birth
 

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Been a bit of a week, one of the kids was born with buds (horns) so had to be dis-budded, no big problem, until the car packed up….thankfully, our neighbour lent
us his van, guy comes along to price engine repair, plus fit new clutch, £2,5k…..thats a lot of money for a truck only worth 3k max…..p run a round

fingers crossed, been offered a cheap run a bout ….until we work out what we will do

built a little porch for the caravan, this now stops us walking mud in….and trust me..we are up to our knees in mud…far to wet to lay any kind of stone at the
minute,,,roll on spring and dryer weather…its been a very hard wet 4 months…

learning lots about medications and vaccines for the animals, none are cheap..so factor that into your budget

wouldn't change a thing though…loving every minute, even the hard ones, and believe me, there are plenty of them
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got given 3 hens, from a neighbour, i have kept them well away from from my other girls, one didn't seem to look that good, so no messing around, i dispatched her after keeping an eye on here for 48 hours….the other two are in very good condition, they will still be kept away from my main flock until i'm happy
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added another two poll dorset sheep to the flock, these girls where wild…not much human interaction at all….48 hours later, we have them almost bucket trained…give me two weeks…….they will be ready to start the breeding programme in july
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its been a long time updating, ..we have had a great lambing..plenty of experience gained, if it could have gone wrong, it did..but we got through, we had head 1st, where the lamb needed pushing back, we had back feet 1st where i had to rope and pull and we had one girl with calcium deficiency , i had to learn how to inject…but we got there…the flock is growing, the goat herd is growing, we had a fantastic result from our pigs, and the turkeys did us proud..everyone has reordered for next year….kidding is now on the horizon,, goats will be our main business

biggest tip i could give anyone…get your tracks in 1st..we have learnt the hard way…still doable, but it has made life hard


ps…if you have a dream..chase it, you only live once
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Still plugging away :D and loving every moment


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