Lambing on foot due to a break down and the novelty of being attacked by “good mothers” is starting to wear thin #sheep365

Last grade sheet of swale lambs back to match up to their sires very pleased with grades with 13.5% O 83.4% R 3% U Average just under 19 kg on the hook These are some of the boys that survived the cut all in top 10% of breed index

Lambing of the moor flock has begun all ewes are gathered and singles and twins split into their lambing paddocks.The birth weight is taken within 24hours and all data entered outside let’s hope for some decent weather #performanceswale #only400oddtorecord

Recording has been challenging this year it they never fail to impress me just how much bad weather theses swale lambs can take #performanceswale

Swaledale tup hoggs sheared today looking the part with their jackets off all are top 10% recorded tup hoggs #performaneswale #ebv #hillsheep #sheep365

Bit of stone being airlifted up onto moor to rewet parts of it asked them if they could assist gathering but the price tag was a bit steep

Cracking day for getting last few ewes gathered for shearing.Lambs will get first jab before weaning #performanceswale #hillsheep

Ewes back out onto moor with heather looking better this year they are about half a BCS better off #performanceswale #hillsheep #northyorkmoors #ebvs

All moor ewes gathered in before the storm ready for tupping next job sorting tupping batches for single sire mating #performanceswale #sheep365 #hillsheep

The boys are ready to go. A few more tupping batches to scan in and then they will be loose single sire mating ensures accurate parentage for our recording project #performanceswale #ebvs

It might be a faf on feeding round small tupping batches but on a nice day the scenery is very impressive #hillfarming

Lowland ewes away from home grazing forward winter barley before and after pictures. Would you give it a sniff of N while it’s dry now #regenerativeagriculture #sheep365

Cracking day for lambing moor ewes.Invested in some digital scales for more accuracy with birth weights all lambs weighed in first 36 hours outside #performanceswale #EBV #hillsheep

A video to show how we collect the ewe tag number. Lambs off ewes that don’t come close have their tags read have their tails rung to show they are unrecorded. These ewe lambs are crossed. After 6 years of recording very few don’t come close enough now.

Busy scratching for orf and pouroning ewes and lambs for ticks before they are turned back out to the hill. One tup lamb weighing 16.4 kg at turn out it was 25 days old and weighed 5.4 at birth. This works out at 11kg gain in 25days or 0.44kg per day. #performanceswale #ebvs

A rare but refreshing day out on farm for me today with Tim Rycroft Will Jackson Sam Charlton AHDB chatting to the brilliant Barry Wheldon about his farm.

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WTAF B12 is lacking from vegan diets are you supplying supplements or will students suffer As low b12 levels are not good for mental wellbeing BishopBurtonCollege