Tupping goes on and on and on and........

Back again and as @CaithnessCraft keeps telling me on Twitter, with far too long between posts.  So first, an update on tupping.  this year we are using Tom (Cavers Ram out of Cavers Centurion) for the last time (he is still looking magnificent despite the limb induced by jumpong over my far too low fences (another year with no barb or wire above the Rylock!!).  My what a long sentence.  we are also using our new tup lamb 'Hope Caleb' out of the Harries' Hope flock.  if I tell you we are on the 5th Raddle colour you will get the idea!!  the plan to lamb in january (24th) is on. However, in the ever changing plan of; 'when will it end?' it looks like Easter is the answer ( or at least, the latest one!)!

It looks as if there are about 4/5 jacobs left to tup (out of the ~28)  I am losing count a little as there were 3 jacobs that were to be culled, but have had a reprieve!! 

We have sold our first ewe lambs, 2 to @woolbothy.  that leaves us with 9 that should be added to the flock as replacements / grow the flock towards 50 ewes.

We have 1 tup lamb to register that will most likely be sold at the sales next year.

This weekend is a landmark one for us as we are off to the sale on monday.  Rather than buying (we will see!) I am selling!: all of this year's cross lambs; the jacob tup lambs that haven't made the grade; and most importantly our non jacob ewes. 

the plan was to be left with only the jacobs,  but unfortunately; Tom's jumping means that there are ~8 cross ewes that  are staying another year!!

The weather looks good for all of the jobs that need to be done in preparation; dagging and tagging!  All that is left to do is to move a................paused to go and put 3 lambs back in the field......back.....nd rebuild the race on some grass rather than mud!!

The other ongoing task is to work out how to performance record the flock myself... gathering data, but it seems the thing to do is interpret and use it!! 

playing more and more with twitter no as @baabaa.

be back soon (what are the chances..)