Slymeford Farm

07/06/2024

Next in our Glossary of Sheep and Wool: C's

🐑Cast: a sheep stuck on its back and unable to regain its footing, possibly because it’s on a hill with its legs in the wrong direction, or its fleece may be heavy;
🐑Clip: the wool gathered from a flock after shearing;
🐑Clipping: removing the fleece from sheep, the same as shearing or rooing;
🐑Comb: machine or implement used to process long stapled wool for worsted spinning;
🐑Crimp: the natural wave formation of wool. Fine wool is usually crimpier. In most cases, the closer the crimp, the finer the wool;
🐑Crutching: when only parts of an animal are sheared, frequently the belly and back end in woolly breeds like Merino to prevent or inhibit fly strike

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Image: A Dorset Down

30/04/2024

Street Art by Philippe Hérard in Virton 💥

29/01/2024

Homoeopathy - a great thing to use for preventative "medicine" and to keep your flock or herd healthy and happy :)

"You definitely need to go on the course to learn about how to use homoeopathy otherwise it is just a stab in the dark. The whole understanding of it, it’s so different, you have to get your head round the concepts, it’s completely opposite to what we have all learnt. It doesn’t matter how much you read the books, you need to go and speak to likeminded people who have used it for years, hear it from the horse’s mouth so to speak." Meg Thorpe, Beef Cattle in Herefordshire