Todhill Singleton

At the Rare Breeds sale at Carlisle in September, we bought a shetland ram to run with our ever increasing number of pedigree shetland ewes. He is black and polled, which means he is naturally without horns. Hopefully we will be able to show him and one or two of the ewes. We have done a little bit of halter training but will do more when they come in for lambing next spring.

Autumn update

After a very wet August and September, the early part of October had a very warm spell which gave the grass another growth spurt so although the fields are still very soggy there is a bit of grass about for the various groups of ewes, some running with tups since 13th October. The cows and calves are in now but the in-calf heifers are still out, and the blue greys are still on their scabious marsh field. A trip to Newcastleton in Scotland has resulted in six new additions to the cattle herd, three heifers the same age as the fen group, and three babies, only six months old.