Monthly Archives: March 2012

End Of Edward Longshanks

I had to dispose of a wether lamb – one that has been pretty wretched for a while and one that Karola expected would die. I dug the grave and went out to fetch the corpse only to find it … Continue reading

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Photos of use of the portable yards from TaylorMade.

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Wether Lambs Drenched

We drenched all 26 remaining wethers with Cydectin (meat withholding ten days). We checked off the numbers even though seven (7) have managed to lose their button eartags: #103, #112, #122, #125, #132, #134, #135, #137, #138, #140, #142, #147, … Continue reading

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Wethers #110, #118, #153 Have Died

We returned from Wellington today to find another three wether lamb deaths in the last week: #110, #118, and #153 – the cause of death uncertain. In case it’s worms we’ll drench all the wether lambs ASAP. We looked over … Continue reading

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Ram Dead, One Wether Lamb Dead

The ram died today. Gary & Frances came round with a cousin child and Gary opened up the ram and Karola took pictures. The ram was very ill indeed. Huge bruising down one side as if he’d been hit or … Continue reading

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Karola Big Shed Project

Karola would like a new gutter and water tank for the Big Shed in the orchard. Take down red cast iron square tank and its stand by the old wash house Build a new tank stand up by the Big … Continue reading

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