Marie Prebble: 'I still await an outcome on losses from the dog attack'

I was recently a bridesmaid for my friend and tripping over my long dress during the ceilidh and falling onto my wrist was not the most ideal circumstance with all the shearing I have had.

I sheared some of my own just after scanning so they are inside having hay at the moment, but I will introduce concentrate to the multiples soon. The older Romneys scanned at 158 per cent, but the tegs overall were 128 per cent, with many being singles.

I find it harder to feed single tegs, as they still need some improving in the run-up to lambing, but I do not wish for over-big lambs out of them.

The older singles are easier because they need very little at all and are out on our banks with a bit of hay to keep them going.

A week of sunshine allowed me to open the shed doors so the shorn sheep could enjoy an extra week outside. Unfortunately, from the group I pulled from the dog attack, we had five singles and two twins reabsorb their lambs as could be seen at scanning.

I am still waiting to hear if NFU Mutual is going to do the right thing and pay out for these losses, as it is apparently not expressly within their livestock worrying cover.