The kitchen window – looking out

Nigel sits on the hedge waiting for his breakfast

Angel has delicate little horn buds which will grow to full sized horns by the time she is a year old

Helly has much larger horn buds which will continue to grow

And eventually curl as his father Tufty’s have done

They like to play together whilst their mums graze contentedly

They really don’t like the rain

Angel seems to like eating “creep”.

Unfortunately Helly only wants “milk” and doesn’t want to eat his solids. We will keep on trying. The goats hang around feasting on the food that drops onto the ground.

As I was taking pictures (from our bedroom window) of the stately pheasant, I spied a black and white collie running along outside the perimeter fence surrounding the field. J and I both ran downstairs and outside to investigate. All the sheep and lambs had gathered in the quarter of the field nearest to the house and farthest from the dog. J set off to catch or chase away the critter. Lo and behold there were two collies trying to get through the fence. When they saw J they ran off in different directions. Now we need to find out to whom they belong. We cannot have dogs worrying, or even killing, the sheep and lambs.