Croft News
Discover life behind the scenes at Bonnie Brae Croft, where we share real stories, seasonal work and everyday moments with our animals.
Morpheus, our new ram
Yesterday we collected our new ram MORPHEUS and today he met his companion NEO for the first time. They seem to get on very well… In a few weeks he will meet our ewes and hopefully we will see his…
Bye Bye Hamish Ruadh of Tilbouries
Today we said ‘good bye’ to Hamish Ruadh of Tilbouries who was with us for 2 months. Our ladies loved him and we hope we see their offspring next year around May. It seems that he didn’t want to…
Bonnie Brae Croft Wildflower Honey 2026
This “bee” year has been a bit of a roller coaster because of the weather. Even so, Queen Mary and her colony have continued to thrive, producing many frames of capped honey. I took ten frames for…
Feeding season has started
The weather has not been in our favour this year, and grass growth has been poor. As a result, our first hay delivery has arrived, been stacked away, and daily feeding has begun. Of course, our…
New feeder for the Highlanders
Our new Heavy Duty Tombstone Circle Feeder is in place and our Highlanders had their first dinner. A bit hesitant at first however they got used to is very quickly… We hopefully will have far less…
2026 Girl Lambs sold
Our 6 girl lambs waiting to be collected. We brought them in last night to be prepared for loading and to have a final check and of course a fare well cuddle. ewe lambs waiting for their collection
Hamish, the bull
Hamish, the hire bull, is now 5 weeks with our Highland ladies. He is such a gentle soul, lots of kisses, cuddles and food sharing. Hope he did his work, too 😉 impressive when he walk towards you…
My new passion: driving tractor
Our generous neighbours let us cut their field to make silage for winter feed. Although I cannot cut or bale the grass or wrap the bales [massive thanks to Myles!!], I helped by ‘waffling’ the cut…
Hogget meat
Last week, three of our Hebridean Lambs were sent away, and yesterday I collected boxes full of lovely meat. We have tasty, slow-grown Hebridean Hogget Chops, Shoulder roast (de-boned), Legs /…
Lamb boys moved to winter grazing field
Today our 6 ram lambs moved to their winter grazing; 3 delicious fields to graze over the coming months. And they are united with Rob, their father, and Neo, their brother. we dont want to get…
Our Highlanders enjoying the sunshine
Our Highlander having a break in the rare sunshine this summer…. our highlanders anton lulu sharleen amy amy and hamish hamish lulu lulu and anton
Hamish Ruardh of Tilbouries
Hamish joined us today, ‘serving’ our ladies for the next 6-8 weeks. We have a bet ongoing who will be first, Lulu, Annie, Sharleen or Amy…? hamish hamish having a rest hamish and i lulu anton…