Sunday 10th December

 Just got back from Coulters. All sheep there and look fine.

Sat 10th - all good

All was fine despite a grim morning at Coulters. Sheep are doing a good job in bay 3 now and all looked pretty good. Hopefully they will be taken off next week :)

Fri 8th - Jen reported that all was fine

 Thursday 7th December. We checked today and all 19 seemed fine, despite the weather! Martin and Di

Tues 5th

 All 19 looking good. Jim

Sunday 3rd Dec

 All 19 there, chewing and walking fine.

Saturday 2 December 2023

 All 19 ok, and no limpers. Broke the ice but all the water cartons are frozen solid so can’t top up.

Thurs 30th Nov

All was looking good up there today. Had to break a bit of ice on the trough and it was starting to snow a bit. Sheep all seemed ok, a smaller one did take a while to get up but was fine once she got going. Plenty more for them to eat in bay 3 still.

Sheep all ok Tues 28th - nothing to report

Mon 27th

Pam reported that all was well with the sheep today and they were happily grazing in bay 2 - hopefully on that Dewberry!

Sunday 26th Nov

 All 19 sheep munching and walking well in the far end on this drizzly Sunday afternoon.

Saturday 25 November 2023

Frosty morning up at CD. Sheep all looking fine under the trees in bay 2. Ice removed from their water! 

Fri 24th Nov

Jen reported that all was well with the sheep today. Thanks so much folks for your checks! Sorry I haven;t put any sheep nuts up there this year - i know they are fun! The sheep will eat more of the grassland and scrub if they aren't full of filling nuts and things were a bit different last year as poor lovely Arthur was looking so skinny, and it was so cold, so I wanted to make sure he nd the others were ok especially when the level of grazing was low.

 Thursday 23rd November.

We checked the sheep this morning and they all seemed fine. We got them all up on to their feet and they seemed to be moving ok. They were down in Bay 3 this time.

Sunday 19th November

 All 19 sheep present and moving well.

Saturday 18 November 2023

 

They are all there, it’s a bit wet up there today but they are on their feet and grazing. No obvious limpers.

 Martin and I checked them this morning. They were all present, and on their feet, grazing just in Bay 2. The one with a limp was moving around with the others though still limping. They came towards us hoping for some sheep nuts! but we couldn't find where they were. Have you put them up there yet Fiona?

Tuesday 14th November.

 If I had only known the grazing team were going today I could have avoided a soaking! Never mind. I am reassured that my assessment that they were all fit and well accorded with theirs.

Tuesday 14th - Grazing Team Visit

Hi All, 

We came today to check on our treated limper to see how he was getting on and also look at this new reported limper.

All 19 seen and well, the original limper we treated before putting on was very well. He even jumped up trying to get into the bucket. Rest and dryer ground seem to have improved him greatly. He's now no longer limping. (He has a mostly Black face and blue and yellow ear tags). 

After inspecting the rest of the flock we couldn't see any additional limpers. Everyone ran to the bucket well and after looking at them graze no one was holding a leg funny. It could have just been a sprain one developed over the weekend that's gotten better over the days. The white one with black patches around her eyes and no horns seems a little stiff but not lame. It could just be dur to the chilly wet conditions, she's older so it may be of mild arthritis. We'll keep an eye on her. 

Thank you for checking! The weather has been particularly miserable lately so we really appreciate you coming out to check. 

Grazing Team 

Mon 13th

Pam reported that both limping sheep are still limping, but that all else is well. This is one of the limping sheep. Grazing team will visit this week to assess how they are doing.

Sunday 10th December

Just been up to coulters and all sheep there and look fine.

Saturday 11 November 2023

All 19 were in Bay 3 in the trees, the lame one is still hobbling but there was also another darker coloured one who is very lame on a front knee. It’s behind the white one with the black eye patch in the picture. All the rest were moving about well. 

 We checked the sheep this morning, Thursday 9/11/23, and they were all present and moving. The lame one was walking with the rest, but with a big limp. They were all clustered together in the little copse in Bay 2 near where the wheelbarrows are stored sheltering from the wind and rain.