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Tupping is now over and hopefully all the ewes are now in lamb, with the first ones due from the 25th of February. We are very pleased that we have…

Dorset County Show at the beginning of September rounded off the most successful showing year we have had yet, with a total of 2 championships, 2 reserve championships and numerous…

August has come and gone in a flash, with the added bonus of some nice weather. We have had a very busy month on the farm and are pleased to…

July turned out to be a very busy month on the farm. The hay was mown in the rain but luckily made during the hottest days of the year and…

Last month we were pleased to win first prize at the National Sheep Association South Sheep fleece competition with a Dorset Down ram fleece. We still have raw fleece for sale from…

The grass is growing well and the lambs are really beginning to take shape, the two heaviest lambs are 32.5kgs and only 8 weeks old!  We are pleased to say…

Lambing has now finished and the ewes have been lambing at 170% which has beaten our previous best lambing percentages by about 20%. To add to this we have had…

Just a quick note for April to say lambing is well under way and the ewes are doing really well, they are currently lambing about 20% above our usual average lambing…

It is strange to see lambs out and about and not have any of our own yet this year! But with the arrival of Beatrice we are not due to start…

Introducing our new staff member/shepherdess Beatrice, born on the 30th of January. With lambing fast approaching we have assigned her the role of chief alarm clock, hopefully by next year she will…