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13/11/2025

For a limited time only, we're offering a smashing deal on tonne pallets of our Downland Thrivestart bucket range...

For a price on Thrivestart Ewe & Lamb, or Cow & Calf, give us a call: 01404 812605.

You'd have to be baaaaarmy to miss out!🐑🐏

10/11/2025

You're invited!

Do you purchase rodenticides for your farm or business? Are you aware of the changes coming into effect next year?

The Perkins Herd are helping you get ahead by organising an in-person training day where you can gain the correct qualifications to make poison purchases.

Want more info? Give us a call on 01404 812605 or comment below 👇

07/11/2025

As the weather changes and Autumn leads into Winter, respiratory problems in calves and youngstock can become more prevalent, especially when animals are housed 🐄

BREATHE RITE offers nutritional supportive care to calves and youngstock at housing where they may be susceptible to respiratory disease.

To find out more about BREATHE RITE, please speak to your local Downland advisor.

Find your local advisor here: https://www.downland.co.uk/advisor-map

05/11/2025

🔥 It’s that time of year again — when Ottery St Mary quite literally lights up!

Remember, we're closing at 3:30 today as we’ll be trading feed buckets for flaming barrels tonight 🔥🐄

Stay safe, cheer loudly, and remember… only the bravest carry, the rest of us just torch-er ourselves watching!

- The Perkins Herd

Ottery St Mary Carnival & Tar Barrels

04/11/2025

Richard's given him a pedicure and this ram is feeling well prepared for tupping season just around the corner! (He seems rather confident about it…) 😄 🐏🔥

03/11/2025

🔥 Remember, remember — it's time for our local tradition of lunacy where we run around with fire! 🔥

Tar Barrels is happening this Wednesday, the 5th.
Due to road closures, we’ll be closing a little earlier than usual at 3:30 PM.

Have fun, stay safe, and respect the barrels!
— The Perkins Herd

31/10/2025

It's your last chance!
Remember - entries MUST be made on the Downland post, not ours.

Ideal for ewes grazing poorer quality forages throughout pregnancy, OPTI-MOL SNE is a high energy and quality protein, specialist sheep feed bucket, and we’re giving one lucky farmer a chance to win 1 tonne of OPTI-MOL SNE this month!

To enter:

✅Simply comment below with the correct answer to the following question:

❓Does grass quality for grazing ewes increase or decrease as we head into winter?

Or alternatively email the correct answer to [email protected]. Please include your answer and name in the email.

Entries open at 5.00pm 1st October 2025. Entry closes at 11.59pm on 31ST October 2025.

One entry per person per prize allowed. Correct answers submitted during the competition period will be entered into the draw, and the winner will be selected at random within 7 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.

This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Meta. Full terms and conditions available here: https://www.downland.co.uk/news/october-competition

23/10/2025

🐓 Feast your eyes… then your beaks!
These nibbles are egg-stra special — Spoil your lovely ladies with some tasty treats and supplements.

In store now!

Open 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday 🥚

21/10/2025

WE'VE HAD A MAKEOVER!

To further strengthen on-farm recovery support, we’ve improved the formulation of Downland Fresh Start® Recover.

The updated formulation has been carefully developed to increase the Strong Ion Difference (SID) and overall alkalising capacity, to ensure scouring calves receive effective correction of dehydration and acidosis ✅

To learn more about Fresh Start® Recover, contact your local rep or give us a call on 01404 812605.

19/10/2025

🍂 Autumn is the time to think about those pesky parasites!

Don’t let lice, ticks or flies sneak up on your flock — ticks especially love a warm, sheltered spot to hide as the weather turns...

Ask us about simple treatments that move through the fleece that need only a single application lasting up to 8–12 weeks.

Healthy, comfortable sheep = productive sheep. 🌿

📞 Ask us in store or speak to your local rep for advice.

17/10/2025

Boop!

Another week has flown by, and yet another attempt to get the perfect shot of these lovely creatures ended up with… a soggy nose snap! 🐄

Enjoy your weekend,
The Perkins Herd x

17/10/2025

Are you thinking about attending our fiery local tradition?!
Enquire with Mazzard Farm Cottages to stay close to the action this year 🔥