Sometimes this life we’ve chosen gets a bit of a wobble on and you start heading into morning chores each day with a knot in your stomach. What will you discover today. For the first time ever we have had fighting amongst the sheep that resulted in two deaths from broken necks – both wethered ram lambs who the ladies felt needed taking down a peg or two. Lessons have definitely been learnt, strategies now exist and, just as suddenly as chaos erupted, all is once again calm.

I think Daz the ram’s arrival on the Homestead has a lot to do with it.

Although very unassuming, he has the power as far as the flock is concerned. He is the undebated head honcho even if he is but a wee lad who I sometimes have difficulty locating among the throng.

But then he turns around and all is clear.