Mill Farm

04/11/2025

10/01/2025

Another -5 last night.

19/08/2024

Four baby swallows out of the nest this morning. Using the empty stable to practise their flying skills before venturing further xx

23/06/2024

We’ve not been able to use this field for one reason or another for a loooong time.
So after strimming the grass around the gateway so I could open it 😳 the sheep are enjoying it at long last.
They’ve got natural shade from the hedge as well as man made shelter too.
So for the first time since before lambing, they’re all back together again.
Now to sort the other two fields that they’ve been grazing while they’re resting and the grass growing again.

20/06/2024

When one of your geese doesn’t come to be locked safely in the barn overnight.
I spy with my little eye, the secret nest she’s made.
She then came in for her tea x

16/06/2024

Olivia came to give Axl a bit of a pamper again today, so here he is after the mud was brushed off doing his catalogue pose in his fly rug and then a thankyou from Axl to Olivia.
Sweet.

11/06/2024

It’s now a week ago that our fabulous sheep shearer Doug and his family came to shear all our adult sheep.
This is done for the welfare of the sheep and I have more fleece/wool to play with on the pegloom.
It’s always a noisy day, the lambs don’t recognise their mums at first once they’ve had a haircut, and it takes logistics and planning to keep the sheep as happy as possible. And keep Doug and family stocked with refreshments.
Each sheep was totally transformed very skilfully and carefully. And then spent a night in the barn as the rain lashed it down all night.
I still havnt worked out how to put explanations on the photos, so I’ll add them into the comments.

04/06/2024

It’s June!!
The sun is supposed to be shining!!
Axl with his new lightweight rain coat on this morning.
I bet it doesn’t stay looking like new for long.
Lovely weather for ducks.

16/05/2024

The boys were a little bemused by their breakfast visitor this morning xx
No doubt it will have some food and rest for a couple of days and then fly off home again xx

14/05/2024

A change from sheep xx
Our fabulous Ged in the garden this afternoon xx
Love him 😍

12/05/2024

Tried to load this earlier but it didn’t want to play.
It was very warm this morning, but Eddie has spent the day with the other mums and lambs, no tube feeding since midnight last night 👍 he’s bouncing, following mum and drinking from mum.
They’ve come back to the barn overnight and he’s jumped onto a bale of straw and is fast asleep.
He’s had a busy day x

11/05/2024

Catkin and her son in the shade of the willows in the garden this afternoon.
He has been quite worrisome since he was born on Wednesday. As although he seemed quite keen to begin with, it was soon realised that he didn’t have a suck reflex.
So Iv been milking mum by hand, she’s very good to let me, she’s so calm, and tube feeding him every few hours, with a little tube and a syringe that puts the milk directly into his tummy, day and night.
At midnight feed last night, he got himself up and started sucking from mum, 😍
Today we have turned a corner, not out of the woods yet, but he’s been following mum and skipping in the grass.
Iv also seen him drink numerous times from mum today, although I’ll still top him up with the tube for now.
The fab vet at the end of the phone, must be sick of hearing my name, when I ring for advice.
But she’s called him Edward ( E year this year for registered names).
So still keeping everything crossed, and mum loves her Eddie. Even though he’s got big ears ###