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Back to work! by matty s

Now then. With 2 exams left to go, as i'm sure you will imagine, i am rearing (spelling??) to finish and get my results.....i may regret that come august if the paper isn't saying A's and B's! Anyway, with lots of time on my hands and...
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Poultry, Sheep,Poultry, Calfs, Owd Fred and more Poultry by matty s

Evening! I am sick of chickens, i have spent 18 hours working with them (2 days). I have been packing them (folding there legs and wings and putting string round them, weighing and bagging them). I have bedded allthe houses including the ducklings and...
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And on..... by matty s

Oh yes you guessed right again - the hunt is still on. We didnt even see him last night! I got the quad and drove the woods where he normally runs and then settled down, and lay flat out in a pile of sheep poo and nettles - it really is the good life...
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Dealing with walkers. by matty s

Well, today was my first encounter by myself with the public on the land. I am quite confident with talking to people i dont know and when i pointed out a load of orange jacketed, zippy gaiter walkers out to my boss he just said keep an eye out while...

Pigs, sheep and morbitly obese post men! by matty s

Sheep What a day! lambing is now drawing to a close with 6 Ewes left now - nothing really, except these 6 ewes will not give birth! They are refusing to - quite literally. Boss has abandoned any night shift and doesn't bother going down till 6 in...

Lambing, Farm Diversification and the Shoot. by matty s

Lambing I have finally managed to bring myself to type more than a sentence! As i said in my last post, I was on night duty on sunday. The boss hadn't had a night off since lambing and I thought as i would only be sitting watching crap TV or on FW...

Grassgrowth, lambing night duty and farrowing. by matty s

Well, yet another week is upon us. Lambings still in full swing, only about 20 left to go now with one pig to farrow too. I loved kansas farmers blog title - it seemed to describe me too! Grassgrowth is non-existent, which means feeding ewes for longer...
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Pigs on a plane premiere and sheep by matty s

Lambings still in full swing and i think we should be finished by the end of next week. Results are still positive despite loosing a few due to the snow we have had. I have tried my hand at just about everything now. Sunday saw me docking and castrating...
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Lambing proves to be positive by matty s

Evening! What a day! I am knackered! I been lambing today and were in full swing. Lambing proves to be positive with results around 200% so the boss seems to be pleased. We have a few sets of triplets and a couple of ''poddy'' lambs which...
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Chocolate bacon by matty s

So, after a while i have managed to get some pics on here! There the mules we are lambing - i think around 80 (i think as that my was my quick head count). We only have a little few at the moment as the farm is going to be a rare breed farm (the pigs...

Yabba dabba Doo by matty s

Howdy Firstm i apologise for the title, couldnt think of one and thats about as far as my imagination goes. Talking about imagination, I am writing GCSE coursework about a butcher who cant afford the price of cows so he goes on a a rampage to kill people...

Eco Warrior by matty s

Howdy! This weeks see's me going all ''eco warrior'' like. Tomorow, I am marching around my local town (god help me) to promote the environment. I am not normally your marching, campaigner type of guy, but I am in charge of promoting...
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