ORRIE COWIE

Life on the farm

What can you expect when you become a "Farmer for a day"?

January:

  • Feeding sheep and sheep health procedures

February:

  • Shearing

March:

  • Getting ready for shows and field days
  • Ram shearing

April:

  • Lambs start arriving

May: 

  • More lambs and lamb marking
  • Hopefully starting to put the crop in

June:

  • Lamb marking

July:

  • Getting ready for sheep field days

August:

  • Crutching
  • Annual ram sale and spring lambs

September:

  • More spring lambs

October:

  • Lamb marking
  • Hay making

November:

  • Lamb marking
  • Start harvest
  • Lamb shearing

December:

  • Harvest

ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO!