Pigs and lambs.

It is always a sad day when animals leave the farm. You have loved and cared for them since they were babies. The fact is,if you are farmers you are in the business of rearing meat.
Last week the pigs were due to go. Lorna and Jess were very upset and decided to leave the farm for the afternoon. Julian arrived with his truck. We were expecting the loading to be very difficult, pigs can be so alkward. But they proved us wrong. They didn,t get stressed at all. A little crushed barley in the truck and they walked right in.
The lambs however proved to be more dofficult. Henry was sent to the pond field to round them up. Back he came with the flock and we shut them into the shed.
When we were counting them and checking that all their ear tags were in place we realised some were missing. Simon said to Henry that he was a lazy dog. Henry looked confused when he was sent out again. The field was obviously empty. Panic set in. Where were the missing lambs.A close neighbour has got a large flock of ewes nearby and we were a bit worried that they had somehow mixed in with them. That would be hard work getting them back. Then Simon heard a lamb bleat in the woods, the mystery was solved. Henry was sent into the woods and brought them back to the farm yard.
It was only just in time the lorry was driving into the yard.
We have only got twenty three lambs left to fatten now, then we will be awaiting the new crop in January.