February is sheep scan time.  Last Monday, Fraser came and scanned all the ewes and ewe hoggs.  Fraser has been coming to Windshiel for years and more often than not it snows when he comes.  Thankfully it was a beautiful sunny day last week when he came, which makes it a much more pleasant experience for sheep & humans involved.  Fraser even needed to rig up his tarp to keep the sun off his monitor.  Assisted by Joe, Sharon & Diezel, Fraser scanned over 750 ewes by lunchtime.  The results for the ewes were pretty good, but not so great for the ewe hoggs.  The ewes expecting triplets have been separated from the rest of the flock to get a bit of extra feeding.  I always feel that once we've scanned the ewes, lambing is just around the corner.  As is the Spring: warmer, lighter days, new growth and hopefully plenty of grass!  I know from past experience however, not to get too excited, as we all know how fickle the weather is in these northern parts & we're quite likely to get snow in April!!

Hopefully the weather will play ball for the next Portobello market on Saturday 2nd March, 9:30am in Brighton Park, Portobello, Edinburgh.  Unfortunately the February market was cancelled due to forecast wind gusts, so this will be our first one of 2024!  Thanks to all our lovely Porty customers who ordered meat for home delivery in February!