As well as the herd of milk cows we always have younger animals known as young stock on the farm. Female calves are kept each year, and join the herd when they give birth to their first calf at 2 to 3 years of age.

The sheep flock is managed in the same way, with selected females having their first lambs when they are 2 years old and known as shearlings.

Our annual sheep shearing takes place from the end of June to the beginning of July. In autumn the older sheep are sold, to join the flocks of lowland farmers where the grazing is better.