Croft News
Discover life behind the scenes at Bonnie Brae Croft, where we share real stories, seasonal work and everyday moments with our animals.
Lambing 2026 finished
Mint gave birth to twin girls on 25th Cinnamon had her 4-horned boy on 26th Peppermint and her mixed twins, 27th and finally Salt with another set of mixed twins on 30th That’s lambing for this year…
Anton of Bonnie Brae Croft
Bonnie Brae Croft welcomed its very first Pedigree Highland Cattle calf, Anton. Lulu, who is now a mother for the first time, looks after her calf with affection, attention, and warmth. We are…
Lamb eartags
Is the eartag too big or the lamb ear too small….? Today our 7 lambs received their ear tags, which helps us to identify and sort belonging of lamb & mum. mum what is this in our ears lottie…
Our 2026 lambs are arriving
Let the lambing start… Hippie with her 2 twin girls, Lottie and Dottie in early morning hours, 17th Rosemary and her 2 twin boys, lunch time, 18th Vanilla and her 2 girls, 18th, late Lavender with…
Waiting for the lambing to begin
According to the calendar our ewes are due lambing on 21st of April. With the livestock tunnel all set up we can’t wait it to begin….
Hebridean Lamb
Last week, three of our Hebridean Lambs were sent away, and today I collected boxes full of lovely meat. We now have tasty, slow-grown Hebridean Lamb chops, boned and rolled shoulder, leg and shank…
Farm Advisory Serve (FAS) Mentoring Support – Mentor Phil Knott
I am grateful that my application to the FAS Mentoring Scheme was approved, giving me access to up to four days of peer mentoring support. One of my two mentors is Phil Knott, well known as the…
WWOOF Experience No. 3
Our third WWOOFer, Michael, joined us from March 22nd to 29th. Although the weather wasn’t ideal, he jumped right in and made a great contribution by: • feeding our livestock—chickens, ducks,…
Farm Advisory Serve (FAS) Mentoring Support – Mentor Sandy Granville
I am grateful that my application to the FAS Mentoring Scheme was approved, giving me access to up to four days of peer mentoring support. One of my two mentors is Sandy Granville, who, along with…
WWOOF Experience No. 2
Annika and Lukas were outstanding WWOOFers during their stay from 10th to 17th of March! They helped us with • daily feeding…
Boys arriving at new pasture
Rob, Bruce the 2nd, and the three wee rams quickly settle in at their new spot and immediately take delight in the fresh pasture.ir new location and instantly enjoying the new pasture. boys arriving…
WWOOF Experience
Our WWOOFers, Louna and Tom, stayed from 15th to 23rd of February and made our first WWOOF experience very enjoyable. Beside the daily croft and livestock chores we cleaned and prepared…