I love listening to your Mum's passion for farm and it's quite lovely to hear her speak about beautiful England that most take for granted!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
John Will Hynes : I was about to say the same. Thanks for phrasing it for me! Great series, and a wonderful testimony to family farming! Bravo! Whipple
I really do love your mom! She has such a great personality and temperament, strong, direct, funny, resourceful, gutsy. She is wonderful, you are so lucky to have her by your side!
In somalia. We have our own breed of sheep called the Somali sheep or the Berbera blackhead. It has a white body and a black head. It does not grow wool so no shearing needed. It is drought resistant and can tolerate high temperatures. Ewes lactate for 84 days and produce 50kg of amazing milk. We export it to the Arabian peninsula for meat. What an animal the sheep is.
I think wool is amazingly beautiful. I use wool for crafting. I do needle felting which helps with my happiness. I am housebound so having a hobby where I reuse such a lovely product is always a blessing. So farmers I thank you for such a lovely job that you do.
I can not understand how people think shearing is cruel it's purely for the benefit of the sheep cuz it's not for the profit of the farm as the the wool hardly/ dosent cover the cost of shearing anymore
His Mum mentioned how some shearers can be very rough and aggressive with handling in the name of efficiency. And bad shearers can easily nick and cut the sheep's skin a lot. Basically, hire shearers who give a sh*t and it's about as cruel as a haircut.
@@aaronlennoncorcoran7042 Of course, it is inevitable. However some shearers, due to either incompetence in their handling and shearing techniques, or as a product of favouring speed over welfare, can do a lot of damage to a sheep's skin
Texel and Texel crosses are definitely a meat breed, but as a knitter and spinner I can tell you they grow a lovely, fairly soft, very springy fleece - excellent for jumpers, watch caps, and socks.
You are lucky with the summer temperatures . I have to keep 6 llamas alive in 40 degree temperatures that last weeks in Central France. Fans and mini air-conditioning units. Great video
Another beautiful vlog Rufus. Some excellent, passionate dialogue from your Mum. Glad you get some financial return for the fleeces these days. If I was fit and well I would love to come and lend a hand. Keep it lad. Bucks show? Paul. West Wycombe Village
It's like a haircut for the sheep combined with a sort of doctor's checkup. Neither is bad for a human, despite being varying degrees of discomfort at the time, almost everyone can say they feel better after them and I'd say it's the same for the sheep. Wear a big woolly jumper on one of these hot days then take it off and see which is more comfortable, or think of when you may have had an injury and how it felt before and after treatment. I can't imagine that it is much different for the sheep. They're smart enough to recognise the difference.
What a spectacular day! Just right for recording the vlog and working with sheep and shearing. The girls are in great condition. The sheep are really sprightly after being shorn. Also they jump due to the genetically inherited reflex action which is a safety response to change including changes of location/paddocks etc.
Great Farming.. Really Nice to c other people who Love animals As Much AS I Do.. I Do a Bit Of Vermin Shooting on a Farm and the owner as the same Passion u do.. I c Things I never Knew Went on at a farm .. Most Farmers Don`t Make a penny .. They do it for the Passion and they get buy... and work 23 hours a day..
Your mom is such a great farmer. Great video! Greetings from Norway. Im so glad you dont have to worry about large predators in England. Over here its terrible. 2 bears already taken out this season.
wool is a lost textile, it really is amazing- on another note- why not get hair sheep to avoid shearing? I have Katahdins, which are a fabulous American meat breed that sheds its own wool! No shearing, great resistance to parasites, and good survival sense.
I live in the UK and I was looking for a job in this field .Knowing that I have experience in agriculture, animal husbandry and birds .I love this life and this work. I have been living in the UK for four years Please help if you can 😊😊
