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Sheep Rescue

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…

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Shearing Time

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!

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Five Sheep Rescued

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…

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Meet the Boys

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.  

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Ewe Rescued

This lovely young Ewe (to the RHS on the first pic) has just come to us as a stray. She was found on public land miles from any farm or other sheep, with no ear tag we are unable to locate her owner. She’s very nervous, not surprising considering her ordeal, being all alone. She…