It was a beautiful morning, which makes checking the sheep far more enjoyable! A perfect day for lambs to come into the world! Aila, Katie and I went round this morning. I have had to lamb a sheep every day since I arrived and the one day I have someone who is really keen to see a lamb been born …

I was on the early shift this morning. It is always a relief after feeding the ewes and checking the ewes who haven’t come in for feed, either due to just having had a lamb or they are lambing, to find no fatalities from the long, cold night. There was another set of twins and three new lambs – all …

A quiet day today really. Aila, Dad and I went round as usual in the morning. I was dropped off on the hill part to walk through. Dad had spotted a lamb early morning which looked hungry so we took some milk out to feed it from a bottle. I fed the little lamb and discovered the ewe didn’t seem …

My brother did the early shift this morning. There were a few new lambs and two sets of twins. He had to lamb one and sadly the lamb was dead. No reason, wasn’t a particularly big lamb and everything was coming the right way. Luckily, having the set of twins, my brother was able to take one of the lambs …

Dad was on the early shift this morning, he had to lamb two ewes. There was another set of twins and a few more singles. All were fine, apart from one which seemed to struggle to stand. Dad helped it up and decided to check it later. Aila and I went round after breakfast, we noticed a ewe lambing but …

I was on the early shift this morning.  It was a good morning and as always the sheep where keen to be fed. I spotted a new lamb hidden round the cattle feeders which wasn’t on its feet but given all the sheep surrounding me I decided to check it on my way out of the field. There were a few …

Dad did the early shift this morning, all was well, despite it being a wet and windy morning. There were a couple of new lambs that were up and had that first drink of milk so were ready to conquer the world. I went out late morning. Aila decided to come with me, we decided to take the quad bike! …

We were recently lucky enough to be featured in The Scotsman newspaper who did a write up of our ups and downs over the last 30 years. If you didn’t see the article – here it is: IT is an industry that has faced serious knocks over the years – from health crisis in livestock, the recession and the quest …