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The pregnant ewes were taken away from the rest of the flock so they could be fed a bit more than the others and monitored

Fun and games moving pregnant ewes

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by Tria Stebbing. It is very popular now to use animals as therapy, and as we come, it is hoped, to the end of another...
Alex ‘the scanner man’ checks one of Tria Stebbing’s sheep – multiple twin births are expected

Snowdrops, twins and ginger biscuits

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by Tria Stebbing. THE signs are all there, spring is on its way at the field. I have never seen so many snowdrops, especially under the...
A sheep gestates for about 150 days, so a sheep that goes to the ‘tup’ – the ram – on bonfire night will give birth on April Fool’s Day. PHOTO: Stefan Zier/Pixabay

Spring is here and lambs are on the way…

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by A J Selby. MARCH – in like a lion, out like a lamb. The old saying for the month of March is quite apposite given...
The sheep loved muching on the hay and would use what was left as a makeshift bed

‘Lugging bales of hay up a steep hill wasn’t on my ‘to do’...

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by Tria Stebbing. THE frozen weather seems to have been here an age and so do all the extra demands on us that the bad...
Changing times: The Suffolk Punch could plough an acre a day but a tractor with a two- or three-furrow plough could turn over ten to 15 acres in the same time

Back to times past down on the farm

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by A J Selby. “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there”. L P Hartley – The Go-Between A SHORT walk from my...
Hay bales have been taken to the sheep to supplement their diet

Snow leaves lambs in skittish state

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by Tria Stebbing. A BUSY few weeks in the field. We took a road trip to Chard to pick up a sheep foot mat. A...
The English countryside is a precious place to be cherishedPHOTO: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay

Your countryside: It’s a case of looking after it or risk losing it

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By AJ Selby. In 1942 the War Office commissioned Bradford artist Frank Newbould to produce 11 posters to help rally the troops fighting at home...
Cold weather brings its challenges, including a frozen water trough

Under the weather – but the animals just don’t look after themselves…

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By Tria Stebbing. The bugs finally got us. Having avoided Covid-19, flu and seasonal bugs, we were finally caught Christmas week. When you are unwell having...
The flock receive some pampering during the cold weather!

Why sheep are a little like people

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By Tria Stebbing. In little over a week, we have seen the field change from late autumn to winter. The seasons that were not so...
The Canada geese pair with a mate at three years old and usually stay with that mate for life

Canada geese make their home every year on island in the pond

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By Tria Stebbing. The pond at the field is now well overdue a clean. The once clean clear water is now a clogged pool of...

Latest Field & Stream Stories

Fun and games moving pregnant ewes

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by Tria Stebbing. It is very popular now to use animals as therapy, and as we come, it is hoped, to the end of another...

Snowdrops, twins and ginger biscuits

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by Tria Stebbing. THE signs are all there, spring is on its way at the field. I have never seen so many snowdrops, especially under the...

Spring is here and lambs are on the way…

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by A J Selby. MARCH – in like a lion, out like a lamb. The old saying for the month of March is quite apposite given...