The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

well my sheep are on the new croft ,thanks debs
and thanks kids for putting up with the wait ,
put up electric fencing ,strimmed so that it wouldn't short out ,
we rounded them up on to the trailer ,poor things wondered what the hell was going on ,we dipped them ,dn't think we used the race properly ,most impressive part of the day ,we were worried about reloading them ,threw the red bucket in and said in you go they all jumped in one at a time ,bit of a fluke but the man watching it didn't know that and looked really shocked Laughing

,they are all settled on the new croft and grazing happily have to think of a name for it
i'm going to miss them yelling for food in the morning Confused

,and have to move them every week so i'll still spend loads of time there
suz

debcat · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

glad they are all settled in OK Very Happy

you missed out the bit about piddlepots trying to jump out of the trailer Shocked

mojo · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:

congrats suz and gang well done........think the croft should be called....................hex-pan-shun...well done everyone

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

and the brillent sheep dipping technique Laughing

and it would have to be the blackie Laughing

the oh thoughly enjoyed himself Shocked

thanks mojo couldn't have done it without debs Very Happy

and the look on that crofters face they looked better trained than some dogs
what a fluke Wink

debcat · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

No problem Very Happy

didn't even have to clean the trailer out, the OH offered Shocked

probably a good job no-one was about when we were dipping them Rolling Eyes

was trying to describe it to OH, he hasn't got a clue either Confused

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

i just drew it and showed it to nonie she hasn't got a clue
still ,me or the sheep won't get scab now Shocked

,even if we did it totally wrong Rolling Eyes

,could you thank him for me ,

debcat · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

they were all dipped
hope you've had a good scrub now

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

i've washed my hands ,i've got to do the goats water and then i can get out of my overalls Anxious

the field looks empty Rolling Eyes

,the kids are cooking dinner to help with todays efforts Very Happy

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

Well done on today's successful move. I wonder if your sheep will be as well trained the next time you want them in the trailer???

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

well the first time they went in they didn't like it much ,so after they were dipped and had to go back into the trailer i didn't think they would go ,so the red bucket thrown into the back was a bit of a bluff really ,i was really surprized when it worked Shocked

rubychik · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

great stuff Suz and Debs!

CP · Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:39 am Post subject:

I hope the red bucket trick works every time! Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6954 Location: isle of lewis

we had a problem with the sheep last night ,a dog chased them and they ran though the electric fencing,they were not hurt thank goodness ,the lady who lives beside where the sheep are grazing said they are not normal Shocked

they ran for a couple of secs and turned on the dog ,thelady and children then tried to drive them back in the field they stood and looked at her she said they looked puzzled ,then she and the children tried pushing ,even more puzzled looks
,she said she left them and then remembered the red bucket i'd told her about picked it up and they followed her back into the field ,even though the fence was down they didn't cross it she said i know you said your sheep are strange and i didn't believe you ,today she wanted to know their names Rolling Eyes

debcat · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

they take after mine then Rolling Eyes

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Strange sheep.,
I can't imagine where they would copy that from Surprised

Hoy Debs, that wasn't there when I started typing ! Crying or Very sad