We seemed to have got through lambing without too many hitches, and now we are in the throws of docking, although the weather hasn't been totally playing ball, with the exception of today being perfect. Different from yesterday - cold and windy.
This year we have had a reduced team to go docking, with just Mal and I doing a portion, with the odd helping hand. Then Lou, who is from Germany, arrived. We managed to get in a couple of days of docking, with Lou before she moved on. She was given the job of station marking and did a great job.
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| Maternal lambs in the docking pen |
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| Lou earmarking |
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| Terminal Ewes and lambs |
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| Putting the ewes and lambs away |
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| Lou earmarking, Mal on pick up |
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| Morning tea - hunkering out of the wind |
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| Lou at the trig at the top of the farm |
Kevin has been out helping us also. As of today, we have two paddocks to go, totalling around 400 lambs.
