The Sussex Cows have nearly finished calving with a new addition last week and hopefully two more to come. They are grazing the fields alongside White Hill and can be seen from the road.
Last week I vaccinated them for Blue Tongue, wormed them and applied a fly repellent to their backs. The cows and calves are looking really good, and so they should with all this lush spring grass.

I am busy lambing at the moment and the flock of Mules have nearly finished, lots of twins and some triplets. The Suffolk crosses are slow to start and so far not an impressive performance with lots of singles.
This year I decided to lamb late so the ewes have plenty of spring grass and will milk well. Maybe the lower lambing percentage in the Suffolk crosses is due to the ewes going past their most prolific stage at mating. Later lambing means I feed less cereal based feed but it looks like less lambs. Classic "swings and roundabouts".
One thing for sure, this has been the easiest lambing I have ever experienced by far.
I was counting the lambings I have either helped with as a child on the farm or have organised as a shepherd or as a farmer, and have come up with a figure of 39.
I don't feel that old! Well maybe a bit as my back is aching more and more lately, or is it that I know shearing is just around the corner.
Anyone know of a good Osteopath?