Lambing Experience April ‘12 Cumbria Lambing Staff Lambing 5,400 NE Mules over 5 weeks Lambing both night and days over the 5 weeks Standard lambing jobs such as fostering/administering medication etc

Dec ’12-Jan’13/Dec ’13-Jan’14 Farms Dorset Lambing Staff § Lambing 800 Dairy sheep over 6 weeks Releif milking up to 900 dairy ewes § Lamb rearing the 1,000+ orphan lambs § Running the sheds alone on the evenings

April ‘13 Ross-shire, Scotland Lambing Staff § Lambing 1,500 commercial ewes § Lambing pedigree Beltexs, Texels and NZ suffolks § Standard lambing jobs and feeding rounds of the entire sheds Jan-Feb‘14 Hayneoak Farm Devon Lambing Staff § Lambing 130 pedigree Shropshire sheep § Tagging and record keeping § Managing the sheds

March-April‘13 Farm Pembrokshire, Wales Lambing Staff § Lambing 1,800 Lleyns § Night lambing § Tube feeding problem lambs and rearing orphans § Treating of ewe health problems, keeping ontop of mastits issues etc Contract Shepherding Experience I currently contract shepherd on 3 farms in my local area on a weekly basis. I do the following for these farmers: § Shearing/Dagging § Worming § Vaccinating/Injecting § Foot trimming/Foot bathing § Ear tagging Anything they ask me to do, I will try my hardest to acheive.

My longest contracting job working with store lambs recorded a mortality decrease by 10% since I began working with them and advising them on the care of their sheep.