Skip to content

Grobdale of Girthon

Spring

May the force be with you!

May started off with a very tiny wee last lamb, quickly and aptly named ‘Toots’.. she was born on Star wars day or  May 4th (May the force be with you ) and we were worried that mum being very young herself ( cheeky last years lamb getting in with the ram when she should know better ) didn’t have enough milk.

Read More »May the force be with you!

What a fat pig ! how rude ..

Nora was looking fairly pregnant by NORA BREAKFAST IN BEDthe Beginning of May, she was (if it was a baby bump) in her final trimester and looking pretty

“Nippleicious “

Andy loves his piggy ,so she gets quite pampered and well looked after.. if I’m  honest she’s actually a  bit spoiled …

I didn’t get breakfast in bed ! just sayin ..

Read More »What a fat pig ! how rude ..

Tamworth’s Grobdale of girthon piglets husband Scotland

As old as the man you feel ..

April 2018 is when the man of the house reaches a half century , so this month a lot of the energy is spent organising a shindig to celebrate !

Other than our gorgeous man, it’s been all about babies this month. Pet lamb easycare sheep bottle feed Scotland Grobdale of girthon
We started the month with lambs popping out all over the place , Toms sheep were first,

Like multi vitamins,

about one a day ..

but with all this new life there has to be a few casualties, the first was a new mum leaving behind a little lamb that became

CA886A23-308D-42E7-92CB-512F944B2C66

Twinkle toes

She  soon learned to suckle milk from a bottle and everyone had a go at feeding our new house guest x

Read More »As old as the man you feel ..

Cute enough to eat ?

Spring arrives in  March thank goodness…. though

someone should really tell the weather ! Cos it clearly thinks it’s still Winter ..

The cold doesn’t stop lambing tho and on our daily check round the fields me and Lauren spotted our first Grobdale lamb for 2018 .. so cute . On our way back down , 9F30E354-E35B-4EDA-8403-7B1E7D7E57BAwe spotted another sheep up on the top , separated from the main flock , a tell tale sign she’s about to lamb so we took the kubota up to check her out . The lamb was coming so we hung on to watch , but it all seemed to be at taking a bit too long and 92247B63-D435-446E-BA43-49AE03F9A2D6she wasn’t going to let me get near and without a dog or a crook (or any sheep wrangling skills for that matter)  so we bombed back to the house and rang a man with a dog . Within the hour he had her caught,birthed , and  shown us how to tube feed the lamb . Mum and baby claimed the first stall in lambing shed and by bedtime the lamb was suckling as he should..

(this is us heading back out to the main flock next day)

A lovely bit of drama to kickstart lambing season .

Read More »Cute enough to eat ?