Magh Maell Acres

01/02/2025

Fenn, heard you have trial dates for the new year and wanted to say this is your sign to reserve your dates and get a great pen crew on board to make your trials a success this year!

Get yourself a static crew with sheep handling experience, to take some of the stress out of your trial prep! We are booking dates for the coming and year and would love to be of service! We have experiece with many types of sheep and chute systems, are always respectful of you and your stock, and work quickly and efficently to prevent any types of delays. References can be provided.

Feel free to reach out to us as well for other stock services as well such as Hoof trimming, shearing time assistance, and more.

Send us a message here on Facebook or feel free email us at [email protected] or text/call 434-426-8137.

12/13/2024

We never stop learning and seeking out education opportunities for our farm so that we may better serve our community and think about things we might want to change at home. We had a great opportunity to branch out and get some hands on time with a type of animal we dont typically get to work with while having a great time at the Virginia Cooperstive Extensions Women's Cattle WISE Conference.
Some things we learned today were:
-Hoof and body scoring
- Low stress handling skills
-How to castrate, give, vaccines, and ear tag
- Reproduction health and considerations

Looking forward to going back tomorrow to learn about equipment, pesticides, and farm safety.

(Pictured is one of my classmates trying out seperating off some cattle from the handling pen under the careful gaze of our wonderful instructor)

10/16/2024

A chilly day for a Sheepdog trial!

10/06/2024

And like that a week has gone by in a flash and the 2024 USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals has come to a close congratulations to all the winners! We want to give a huge shout out to Shona O Kane and Jori along with their Horses Fancy, Jones, and Dunny and Dogs Oz, Preacher and Lassie for all of their help and hard work this week as our set out team. Thank you as well to all of the volunteers that came up and filled in when Kelsy and I needed an extra hand in the pens. We couldn't have done it with out all of you, you were all an absolute joy to work with!

We also want to thank Rebecca Gibson, Dee Bailes, and Nicole Bozich for putting this huge event together. Everything was phenomenal, and we appreciate all the hard work yall did to put this together for our sheep dog community

10/04/2024

When we said "Quiet and Kind" we meant it! When we take on the task of being the pen crew for your Trials we understand that not only is it expected for the flow of the trial to be maintained and orderly, but also that the sheep used for the trial are well cared for and respected. We want our clients and their stock to feel comfortable with us and strive to maintain minimally advertise practices when working with animals

10/02/2024

It's been a muddy mucky last couple of days here at the USBCHA National Finals, but these guys have been such lovely sheep to work with we haven't had a single issue besides some in general sheep naughtiness 😂 The handling system that we've have been using has been great as well easy to use and allows for you to move around in the system quickly and plenty of access points to pull sheep out if needed.

Not to mention our beautiful view of the trial field

09/30/2024

We are at Belle Grove Plantation this week working the pens for the USBCHA National. If you've ever been curious about herding and herding trials or want to root for your favorite teams tune in to the live stream on you tube!

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09/29/2024

Guess who's giving our Market stall two paws up? The feline critics

08/31/2024

I was about to cook dinner when I saw the dogs staring at something in the backyard like it was the latest doggy soap opera. Luckily, River Alfriker is a snake whisperer and saved this copperhead's skin, allowing it to slither away and enjoy more cicada buffets.

08/24/2024

I wonder if she's comfortable?

07/27/2024

I got a comfy cot for the guardian dogs to rest on.

But Knee Socks thinks it's her personal lounging spot, as if she's the queen of the sheep.

07/22/2024

Maple knew that inventory management was no joke, so she put on her best game face and got down to business over the weekend. She was ready to take on the world, one perfectly organized hay flake at a time.

07/20/2024

We've been putting our pen skills to the test all summer long! Finally got some snazzy t-shirts to show off our skills and let everyone know we're open for business. Who knew being the pen crew would be so fun? Fen the German Shepherd sure did!

Do you need a pen crew for your upcoming sheepdog trial? Send us a message!