The lambs are gently being weaned

I am giving them daily sheep pellets and they wolf (!) them down

Instead of bottles three times a day
They have one bottle each just twice a day
Willow and Ruth provide most of the milk for the lamb bottles.

The rest is made up with lamb formula powder which is mixed with warm water. Thanks goats.

Goats and sheep

We left a gate open for a few seconds and the goats got into the garden!

They were tempted back with a bucket of food

They got some old cabbages as a treat
The three bottle fed lambs are being weaned from three bottles a day to two
I gave them some sheep pellets which they are eating – time to grow up

Sorting out the fighting cockerels

The cockerel that we thought was a “goner” last night is walking around bloodied but unbowed.

We moved the aggressor into the paddock run with three hens

And we moved the Duke and Duchess of (Light) Sussex from the paddock back to their old home in the orchard

Wings have been clipped to prevent escapes

We hope that everyone will now settle down peacefully