End of week 3 of lambing
When it comes to lambing, people often have a beautiful image of sunny skies, daffodils blooming and newborn lambs bouncing about in lush green fields. To get to this stage though there is a lot of hard work involved...
When it comes to lambing, people often have a beautiful image of sunny skies, daffodils blooming and newborn lambs bouncing about in lush green fields. To get to this stage though there is a lot of hard work involved...
One of the most important jobs that is done during the sheep’s pregnancy is scanning. It is exactly like a human going to the hospital for an ultrasound scan, but for sheep, the scanner comes to the farm!
What a busy second week of lambing it has been! We’ve managed to get through three quarters of the lambing by the end of this week which is great!
Today we’re looking back at pre-lambing work. People often ask me what the different coloured marks on sheep are for. The answer is, for an easy management tool for the farmer!
Well, the first week of lambing 2021 has flown by! The first of the new arrivals were born on the 25th March which was the date we had planned to start lambing, this doesn’t usually happen so
So, lambing 2021 has officially started here on our farm kicking off with single lamb, ‘Uno’ and twins, ‘Tate & Lyle’.
Hi Everyone! I’m Angela & I live in Fife on our family farm with my husband James & our 3 sons, Rory(15), Euan(12) & Blair(7). W
Throughout April there will be updates and information on lambing, how it works and all the highs and lows from the lambing sheds.
The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) and the Royal Northern Countryside Initiative (RNCI) are offering free wheat seeds to primary schools across Scotland.
As farmers throughout Scotland are preparing to sow spring crops, secondary schools are being encouraged to undertake some outdoor learning and citizen-science linked to food, climate, soils and carbon.