Yesterday we moved four of our rescued sheep to a new home. They soon settled in and ran around exporting thier new life-long home. In their new home they have an acre of grass to share along with shelter where they can get out of the sun, rain or wind. You often see thousands of…
Floyd and Rocky, two of the 4 lambs we have rescued this year and hand reared have now found loving life-long homes. In fact, the lady who offered a home to Polly and the other boys just couldn’t say no to two more. It’s such great news that these four boys will get to stay…
The four lambs in our care that have arrived separately for various reasons are all being bottle fed and doing really well, getting stronger and more playful by the day.
Polly update – Polly arrived in a right state, she has been attacked probably by a dog, she had a deep infected wound to her neck and wounds on her back, the vets did not expect her to survive, she was also emaciated and had scabies. The neck wound was cleaned, stitched up and she…
During the weekend when we have time off from our full time jobs, we are crazily busy rescuing animals, this weekend was no different.In between taking Matilda and her babies to their new home and taking in Harry another rescued farm pig, we squeezed in a two-hour round trip to home these lonely sheep. This…
Finally its dry enough to shear the sheep.We rounded them up into a stable and once settled, they were checked over, sheared one by one and given their favorite treat, cashew nuts. Before being returned to the fields they’ll be vaccinated, wormed and hooves trimmed.Now they are ready for this lovely sunshine!
No sooner have we found life-long homes for 3 ewes and a ram, we fill up again with five more rescued sheep.This crew came from a family that rescued them in good faith when they were off for slaughter, they had intentions of providing them with a life-long home. Unfortunately this didn’t work when the…
Beautiful little Jimmy who couldn’t walk 2 weeks ago decided to have a pootle round the front garden today. His stamina still isn’t good but he stands and walks better every day and loves having a little brush and fuss. He’s doing so well but has a long way to go before we see him…
Meet Walter and Eddie, the latest handsome boys to join the sheep herd. They are Jacob sheep from a school farm project. It’s forecast to rain all week so they’ll have to wait a bit longer for us to get their enormous winter woolly coats off.
