Borough farm is the home of Channel Five’s ‘Mist sheepdog tales’

David Kennard and his family farm at Borough Farm on the beautiful, rugged North Devon coast. The farm is home to a flock of  700 breeding ewes, plus their lambs which graze across over 400 acres . Working with David is his team of 8 sheepdogs, ranging from retiree Fern, now 12 years old, down Zola and Colin who were born in February 2011. David is the creator of  Channel Five’s children’s series ‘Mist-Sheepdog Tales’. Mist along with the rest of the Borough Farm sheepdogs, can be seen in action during weekly displays held at Borough Farm throughout the summer.

Find out more about our summer shows here or read some comments that our visitors have been kind enough to leave in our guestbook

Our Next event

Lambing Open Days

Saturday 7th to Monday 9th April

Don’t miss

‘Mist Sheepdog Tales’ On Channel Five, weekend mornings at 9-40am

This weeks picture…lambs ‘at keep’ under the Fullabrook wind farm

 

 

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• news about mist
  added by David, 17/01/12 at 11:04 pm

  Mist is now over eight years old and I’ve certainly been aware that she’s a lot slower now than a few years ago. But over Christmas she her coat seemed to be dull and her eyes runny, she has also certainly lost weight. She’s keen to come indoors at every opportunity, but once inside she [...]

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• fly and alf
  added by David, 21/12/11 at 12:14 am

  Up until the past couple of years I’ve always had a pair of ‘brace’ of sheepdog who work well together. A good brace team is difficult to achieve, as there are so many different aspects which need to come together. First of all you need two good sheepdogs, preferably of a similar age. The y [...]

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• horses for gorses
  added by David, 03/11/11 at 11:28 pm

  Although I do like to keep my livestock down to the animals which I understand best, sheep and dogs, for the past few months I’ve been the keeper of a pair of Exmoor ponies. They were introduced by the National Trust to some of the land at Mortehoe, which  I rent from the Trust, with [...]

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• raddling the rams
  added by David, 21/11/11 at 3:18 pm

  Autumn is always a nice time in North Devon, the grass is still growing which is good for the sheep, the Beech trees have turned  beautiful shade of gold and winter hasn’t yet set in. The Autumn sheep work is all finished and the rams have been joined with the ewes at the end of [...]

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• fattening the lambs
  added by David, 06/11/11 at 10:17 pm

  This seasons lambs are now 7 months old and have changed beyond recognition in those 7 months. Although most now weigh around 35 to 40 kilos, they need to fatten further before they can be  sold at market. By November the grass of of limited quality and the best fields have been saved for the [...]

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• snakes and adders
  added by David, 17/07/11 at 11:14 pm

  I’m fortunate to spend my working life is the wonderful North Devon countryside with its great array of wildlife. Whilst most of what I see during the working week is not particularly rare, it still brings a sense of awe. Gannets are frequently to be seen diving off the cliffs of Morte point, Seals are [...]

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