We had some very special visitors in June 2023! Team Mouat, which is led by Edinburgh-born skipper, Bruce Mouat, were crowned world curling champions in Ottawa earlier this year after defeating their Canadian hosts. Team Mouat also took home the silver medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and they [...]
Thelma and Louise are our 2 oldest Highland Cows (they will soon be 20 years old!) and because they are a bit slower and creakier than the youngsters, we have to trim their feet more often. This is because they don't wear them down as quickly as the younger cows [...]
We lambed indoors this year because we seem to be experiencing a second winter at the start of April when we start lambing and the snow is make the whole process harder for the newborn lambs. We leave the ewes outside as long as possible before bringing them in to [...]
A very busy lambing season this year, with a large number of triplets. We lambed indoors again this year which makes life alot easier and the success rate improves when the newborn lambs aren't subject to sudden Spring snow, which seems to be the norm these days.
Every June or July we shear the sheep to keep them cool during the warmer months. Sheep wool constantly grows (a bit like the hair on a human head does) and has been used for hundreds of years to make clothing, provide shelter and even house-building materials. These days wool [...]
Lambing this year has been one of the hardest we've ever had, with the 'Beast from the East' arriving a week after the first set of lambs arrived. We usually keep our sheep outside all year round, however this year we eventually had to bring them in to a make-shift [...]
A successful year for lambing and thankfully without the horrendous weather conditions that we had in 2018 with the 'Beast from the East'. We have a small flock, however it's no less hard work for all the team involved, with night shifts and early mornings the norm throughout the lambing [...]
In June 2019 we had a visit from The Dick Vet Farm Animal Practice, who came out to perform our Highland Cow vet check. A few feet were trimmed, all the horns were checked and were good and some blood samples taken for a study. Some vet students also attended to [...]
The worst winter we've had since 2010, life on the farm was challenged to its maximum during the unwelcome visit from the 'Beast from the East'. We were incredibly lucky that our team threw their everything in to keeping the farm running and the animals checked, rescued, fed and watered [...]
In January 2018 our 3 new females arrived and at 20 months old they still have quite a bit of growing to do! They will remain on the lowlands of our farm until they have put some weight on, have settled in to their new surroundings and have got to [...]
