Benn Tor Valais, Aotearoa NZ

Benn Tor Valais, Aotearoa NZ A small lifestyle block near Sunny Ōtaki. Breed-up and Purebred Valais Blacknose Sheep.

Another week of frost overnight and sunny days.
27/07/2025

Another week of frost overnight and sunny days.

This week, we've mostly been eating...
23/07/2025

This week, we've mostly been eating...

A week of lovely sunsets and the usual muggings by ewes and lambs 🥰
02/07/2025

A week of lovely sunsets and the usual muggings by ewes and lambs 🥰

Plenty of wet weather recently. Time to get the lambs through the yards for a footbath and check over. Eyebrows and frin...
12/06/2025

Plenty of wet weather recently. Time to get the lambs through the yards for a footbath and check over. Eyebrows and fringes got a trim too.

The first year I get to choose the ear tag colour. The kids have chosen before now.
03/06/2025

The first year I get to choose the ear tag colour. The kids have chosen before now.

Little bit of lamb crimp from last season 🥰
03/06/2025

Little bit of lamb crimp from last season 🥰

We had a fabulous time at the AGM this weekend. Valais Blacknose Sheep breeders, really are a cracking bunch!
01/06/2025

We had a fabulous time at the AGM this weekend. Valais Blacknose Sheep breeders, really are a cracking bunch!

Being on a teeny, tiny lifestyle block with some steep topography, means spreading lime and fertiliser by hand. We decid...
08/05/2025

Being on a teeny, tiny lifestyle block with some steep topography, means spreading lime and fertiliser by hand. We decided to give ourselves a break this autumn and Mahi Drones did the hard work for us!

Darling Carrot 🥕. The English Leicester Longwool breed is considered 'at risk' in Aotearoa NZ, and now 'Critical' in the...
29/04/2025

Darling Carrot 🥕. The English Leicester Longwool breed is considered 'at risk' in Aotearoa NZ, and now 'Critical' in the UK. I only have two hogget ewes, named Carrot and Celery. Our registered stud can be found under the name Silben in the NZ Sheepbreeder's Association Flockbook.

"'Scuse us Hooman, there seems to have been a mistake..."The faces of two sheep whose feeder was replenished with hay ra...
16/04/2025

"'Scuse us Hooman, there seems to have been a mistake..."
The faces of two sheep whose feeder was replenished with hay rather than lucerne.

08/04/2025

Thank goodness for rain! Now, if the wind could just calm down so it doesn't dry the earth out again...

Gorgeous Gandalf
03/04/2025

Gorgeous Gandalf

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