Sitting in the office now at 6.17am it is pouring with rain. But I feel we have to admit we've had a pretty good Easter period. Lambing has gone very well, and with the organic flock entering its second week perhaps the men have a couple of weeks left of late nights. I'm sure Wyn our Shepherd will be pleased as he is running out of cocktail sticks!
The past few days we have begun vaccinating our cattle and sheep against bluetongue, and the lambs against Orf, and then we will begin vaccinating the calves against several nasty diseases they can get when they are released out onto fresh pastures.
These procedures are not as easy as it may initially seem. most of the vaccinations are in doses of 50's. once opened they have to be used within 24 hours. Our cattle and blocks of ewes with lambs vary in numbers, and you need to be a mathematician to work out how to use all the vaccine in one bottle whilst being able to dose cattle ewes and lambs within the same vicinity and without getting too many bunches in...............................
My husband Philip will be pleased today as he will be able to go into the butchers shop and avoid working in the rain. He also has the prospect of completing our IACS form which arrived at the beginning of lambing, I'm sure farmers everywhere are viewing this task with great anticipation! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we opened them up and after all our hours of work correcting them last year we found that amazingly the forms were correct this year?
Stranger things have happened!
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Hi Thx for the lovely visit for the 2 small fry - a book has been created for Vinnie in suitable language that he should be able to read to his teacher on return to school! Pity you couldn't be around but Philip was great - and kids were totally unphased by dead sheep. A slight worry, as their Mum and her brother went veggie on me aged 6 & 8 after realising that these lovely little lambs turned into chops on their plate. Hope the back is improved? Lovely lady with great technique - I know from experience!
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