Bio security.

As part of our bio-security plan we had to choose a location for our dead stock. So we've been going around the property collecting the old bones to take to the new location. These bags contain what we've found so far. Now we haven't just been leaving bodies where they fell, we would move them, usually into the trees but the foxes would move the bones all over the property. We've even found sheep legs in the garden! The dogs always enjoyed these until we removed them.

Velvet nose!

BJ is always on the look out for food, especially this winter which has been frosty and cold. I wanted a close up of his face but not quite this close! His nose is beautifully soft and the lips wobbly. Unlike the rest of him which is wiry.

A hole!

This is not what I want to find when we're waiting for the ewes to lamb. The beginnings of a hole with lots of canine paw marks around, obviously a fox. We have seen a russet red, healthy looking fox around the property. The cheeky animals always stops to look back at us. There's another older hole that looks like it's been freshly opened, so we don't want anymore! I've been back to check on this and lucky this new hole hasn't got any bigger.