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Farm Fables Jane Howard hands over the farm as she goes on a well-earned holiday For most people going on holiday involves packing, sending the cat or dog off to kennels and giving the goldfish an extra pinch. If only it were so straight forward with a farm. We have lots of enthusiastic friends volunteering their services and really at this time of year it should be quite uneventful. All the lambs and calves have been born and are out grazing in the fields. The bull has finished ‘working’, the rams are yet to get going and the hay is made, so a simple list should do the trick. But as I’ve just discovered dealing with everyone’s foibles makes it rather more complicated. Here it is: Dogs – easy. Feed them in the evening. Chickens – usually straight forward. Three handfuls of pellets in the morning when you let them out, a couple more when they crowd round the back door around dusk, check their water, collect the eggs and shut them up at night. The latter now rather protracted as they see no reason to turn in much before nine which is dull for anyone wanting to enjoy a pub supper. But more annoying still is that Barbara the black hen who in three years has never shown any maternal instincts decided to go broody just before we left. This means she intends to become a mum and sit tight in the hen house on all and any available eggs. But we already have two clutches of chicks running round and don’t want any more, so the intrepid farm sitters will now have to retrieve the day’s eggs (laid by the other hens) from under Barbara who won’t approve and will peck them as they try! We already have two clutches of chicks running round and don’t want any more, so the intrepid farm sitters will now have to retrieve the day’s eggs with a couple of steers (castrated males). But I took a couple of the cows to the summer shows in May and June which can be disruptive on their reproductive cycle and just to be sure I have left Basil with them while we are away. So the farm sitters have to keep an eye out for any action – being large beasts it’s pretty obvious – and then rather intrepidly (if you’re not used to it) get close enough to the action to scribble down the ear tag number of the cow concerned. I’m sure they’ll manage. Sheep – hmm. Sheep are the most annoying of all the creatures on the farm. They love to escape and they love to die and if they can die escaping even better. It’s impossible to count sixty ewes and their lambs to ensure everyone is present and correct, so the farmsitters will just have to make sure all the fences are good, the gates are shut and that no one is lying on their back with their legs in the air. Then our helper Thomas will come every couple of days to look for afflictions such as Fly Strike, an especially gruesome condition that sheep suffer from in the summer. No point spoiling the dream and detailing that to our urban chums. Cows – medium easy. The cows all calve in February and March and Basil the bull went in with them in May so they should all have come back into season and he should have done what he came to do. Normally he would now be in a separate field living a batchelor existence for another year Apart from that I checked the bees to ensure they wouldn’t swarm, fed Gerald (the sourdough culture who lives in our fridge) a super helping of flour and water, packed the bags and went. So far, they seem to be managing perfectly. I’m off for a swim. Find out more about daily life at Coopers Farm by visiting coopersfarmstonegate.co.uk priceless-magazines.com 110
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