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Welcome to This Week on the Farm,
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our celebration of the hard work
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done by farmers up and down the
country over the summer months.
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That's right. For many of us,
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the warmer weather is a chance to
sit back and take it easy, but not
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for our farmers.
They are as busy as ever.
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On tonight's programme, Rob and Dave
hope to hit bull's-eye when
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Jeremy, the bovine lothario,
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is reintroduced to some cows
for a summer of love.
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I think he's going to run
out of steam.
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Vet Matt Smith
is called to a rescue farm to try
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and change the ways of
an absconding pig.
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He were captured
by West Yorkshire Police.
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Hence his name, Bobby.
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And we meet the veg farmer who boxed
clever when it came to finding
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new customers for his crop.
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We started off with just some fruit
and veg boxes to staff.
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A couple of days later, we said,
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"Oh, we'lljust do it to the local
village." And then it went mad.
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Welcome to This Week on the Farm.
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Well, as always, we are thrilled
to be able to catch
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up with Rob and Dave Nicholson
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down at Cannon Hall Farm in South
Yorkshire. How are you, lads?
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Lovely to see you again.
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And I noticed that, well,
today you're not alone, are you?
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Camilla's my favourite.
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I'll tell you what, the names
you guys come up with for your
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animals, it just defines the
character of what you do there.
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It's absolutely fantastic.
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And I've got to say, a big
shout out to Farmer Dale.
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Farmer Dale is behind the camera
at the minute, but he has made
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this series possible.
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He helped us out earlier in the year
with Springtime on the Farm.
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He was out and about filming
loads of bits.
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He's been filming for you guys
for social media,
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and now he's filming for us.
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So, hats off to Dale.
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He's definitely
earning his money, isn't he?
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Yeah. Dale's done a smashing job.
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He's very good with a shovel,
but he's better with the camera.
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Multi-talented.
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Right. I should just point out that
as well as working together,
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giving essential care
for all their animals,
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Rob and Dave both live on the farm.
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That's why they're in lockdown
together.
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That's why they're able
to stand so close together.
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Now, let's kick off our celebration
of summer farming and find out
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what happened on the farm
earlier this month when Rob and Dave
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got to take some of their newest
arrivals and their mums out
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to a new pasture.
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And it was of particular
interest to Jeremy the Bull.
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Ready to welcome the newcomers to
Costa del Barnsley
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is Jeremy, this handsome
pedigree Shorthorn bull.
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When it comes to mating, this breed
is well known for its stamina.
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So Rob hopes Jeremy's interest
will be piqued when he sees
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the adult ladies arriving.
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MOOING
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I thinkjeremy is going to be
the one that's most excited.
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Let's get him in.
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Butjeremy is going to have to be
patient, because Rob and Dave
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need to sort the newborn calves'
passports out first.
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Thankfully, they don't need cramming
into a photo booth, just a tag
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with the unique number
that will be theirs for life.
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Good lass.
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The calf can feel a little bit
of pressure,
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but it doesn't hurt at all.
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The calf's nice and strong now.
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So, the right time to tag it
and they can go out
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into the field now.
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You watch my back.
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And calf number two and her mum
soon join their friends
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on the trailer...
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Come on, flower.
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"Eagerly awaiting the start
of their summer holidays.
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In we go.
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Oh.
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Steady down, girl.
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All loaded up,
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the ladies are finally ready
to catch some rays
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in the South Yorkshire sunshine.
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And hopefully the temperature's
rising forjeremy too.
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But he's going to have to wait
his turn, as the rest of the herd
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want to greet the new arrivals too.
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And after all the fuss
has died down,
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Jeremy's opportunity to show
off his summer body
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has finally arrived.
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He's certainly interested.
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I think he is
going to run out of steam.
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Making his intentions clear,
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there's one last job for Rob
and Dave, letting the baby
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of the family out for her first
taste of summer grass.
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Off she goes.
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How excited were those cows?
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Not to mention, of course, Jeremy.
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He must have thought that all his
Christmases had come at once.
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Clearly, those animals
have a very special place
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in your affections, lads, but what
is it that makes them so special?
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What a lovely thing to do
for his anniversary and what
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an anniversary gift. I think for my
last anniversary, I got a torch.
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Mind you, I'm not entirely
sure where I'd put 14 cows.
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It's not been plain sailing
for that herd, though, has it?
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No, it's been a real roller-coaster
of emotions.
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When we first set off with
calving, we lost a few calves,
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we had to have caesareans.
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It were pretty, pretty upsetting,
really.
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But after that, they've started
having natural births, we're getting
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nice, healthy calves.
So it is going really to plan now.
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It's really good.
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Well, fingers crossed
for the future.
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Let's talk about this time
of year in particular.
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Just how nice is it to see them go
out onto that fresh summer grass?
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But clearly a breeding plan
is absolutely essential.
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Tell us a bit more about that.
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Basically, we'll leave Jeremy
the Bull to it.
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That's our breeding plan, isn't it?
No.
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And he's doing a cracking job.
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Yeah. You wouldn't want to get
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between him and his ladies,
would you?
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Let's hope that you do get to hear
the pitter-patter of some,
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well, not so tiny feet later on in
the year.
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Still to come tonight, from saving
veg to harvesting it.
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We'll meet the rookie farm
workers who've signed
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up to be a modern day land army.
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I've been furloughed from work, so
here I am, to do my bit to try
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and help out as much as I can.
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And at the real Downton Abbey,
we catch up with the lady of the
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manor to find out if their new king
of the castle
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has been a dirty rascal?
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I think it's completely mesmerising,
watching them all.
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That's all still to come in a few
minutes, when we return
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with more from
This Week on the Farm.
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Welcome back to
This Week on the Farm.
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Now, you may recall that last week
we met a furloughed finance worker
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who'd answered the call
to pick for Britain.
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But it's not just the pickers
who've had to change
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their working practises.
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The recent lockdown has obviously
had a huge impact
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on farmers themselves.
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We're a small family farm, northeast
Essex on the Tendring Peninsula.
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We probably farm a total of
about 700 acres.
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Third-generation farmer
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Pete Thompson's 700 acres of fresh
vegetables, all destined
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for the restaurant trade.
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Try and find a good patch for me.
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Pull. Oh!
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But it was looking like there
wouldn't be a fourth generation
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when almost all of Pete's orders
disappeared virtually overnight.
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Business very clearly fell off a
cliff, erm, we thought,
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"Oh, it's gonna go quiet."
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But when we've locked down,
it just stopped.
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The orders dried up - two out of five of
our larger customers shut completely.
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So, we went from sending articulated
trucks out every day of the week,
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to vans every other day.
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So, complete transformation.
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Pete was left facing devastation,
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tonnes of crops in the ground,
but no-one to sell them to.
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While you may have to stop
harvesting because you've got no
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orders, you've got to take
a decision very quickly
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whether you keep looking after the
stuff that's ready for next month,
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the month after,
the month after, etc.
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Pete's risen to the challenge
with a veg box scheme that started
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as a little seedling of an idea
that grew and grew quickly.
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We started off with just some
fruit and veg boxes to staff.
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Then a couple of days later we said,
"Oh, we'lljust do it to the local village."
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And that went quite well.
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And then with complete lack of
forethought, I said,
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"l know, we'll do it to all
Colchester postcodes."
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And then it went mad.
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As well
as having to find new customers,
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Pete's had to find new staff,
too, some of which should
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have been serving his crop to their
customers, like restaurant
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worker Keith, who's riding to Pete's
rescue on the harvesting machine.
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I've been furloughed from work.
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So hearing the country needs
labour on fields,
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here I am to do my bit to try
and help out as much as I can.
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It's lovely, but it hasn't always
been sunshine. We've been out
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in the rain, the wind.
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But it gets us out.
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From the fields, the crops are
sorted and washed in the packing
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shed by more agricultural rookies like
husband-and-wife team Gemma and Matt.
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Working here has helped the farm
and them.
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So we've been closed since we've
been told to from lockdown.
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My husband's a plasterer by trade.
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So we've just had to earn
extra money, really.
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Luckily enough, Pete had some
space on the farm, so...
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It's great. It looks quite easy.
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But it's quite gruelling. If you've
been on the spot all day,
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you know
you've done a hard day's graft
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at the end of it, that's for sure.
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The crops Pete grows are
supplemented by produce from other
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farms and packed into boxes for
delivery.
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Final check's done on these.
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Keep an eye, I've been making sure they have the
ginger in, cos we didn't have ginger in, did we?
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Twice a week, he hits the road when
boxes are delivered to customers.
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Right, off we go again.
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The last delivery.
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All within a 40-mile radius
of the farm -
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like regular customer Chris Warne.
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All right?
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I'll let you get it out of the
sunshine.
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See you, Chris. Take care.
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It's been a whirlwind
and a successful transformation
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for Pete and his farm.
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And one he's planning to continue
even when normal service is resumed.
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It's been really quite special
for everyone involved.
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All our customers say they want us
to continue. We've got new crops
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in the ground for this box scheme,
exciting, nerve-racking.
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What a great story.
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I love people turning adversity
into a triumph.
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So, well done, guys, for adapting
to such unusual circumstances.
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Congratulations.
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Now, with summer upon us,
I'm sure, like me, thoughts
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for you are turning to sunny clays
out in the countryside.
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And I love spending a spare
afternoon walking around one
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of the country's magnificent
stately homes.
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Earlier in the year, we met a lady
who is lucky enough to wake up every
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day at one of the most recognisable
of them all.
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It was a beautiful sunny morning
back in January when Lady Caernarvon
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took a trip to Cornwall with farm
manager Simon to buy a new boar
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from breeder Giles.
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Good morning.
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He's got a lovely coat.
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Really nice
coat.
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And he's easy to handle and gentle?
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Be careful.
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And I've never seen such
a clean pig!
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I can't get over that.
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A few days later, the boar named
King Arthur arrived at the estate.
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He travelled
really well.
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And he was introduced
to the ladies straight away.
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I think it's just completely
mesmerising, watching them all.
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And after a touch of stage fright,
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Arthur eventually
did his regal duty.
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But I'm delighted to say that
Lady Carnarvon joins us now
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from Highclere Castle,
or as it's known, to millions
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of people around the world,
the real Downton Abbey.
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Thank you for joining us
to talk about the farm.
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But before we get to the animals,
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I have to ask, what is it like
living at Downton Abbey?
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Well, at the moment, in this
slightly strange world, it seems
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very large with an awful
lot of shutters.
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It is a big house. I mean,
there's 250 to 300 rooms
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and it relies on people and it
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relies on visitors
coming across the doors.
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So it seems a really
strange world.
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And I can't wait to welcome people
in July and, kind of, begin to get
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into the rhythm and stride
of a more normal life.
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Now, of course, we all immediately
recognise your gorgeous home.
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But how important is farming
to the estate?
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Well, Jules, thank you.
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There's been a farm here for
at least a thousand years,
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so it's essential. It's integral to
the estate of the house.
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It came before the castle.
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Fans of Downton will have seen
Lady Mary get involved
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and she's literally hands-on
as and when the need arises.
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Is that the same for you,
Lady Carnarvon?
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Do you enjoy actually doing
some of the farm work?
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Yes, although I'm probably not
as well dressed as Lady Mary.
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But I'm definitely down there.
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Two years ago, when we were between
shepherds, George and I actually,
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we had have some friends
in the castle for dinner,
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and then we'd put on our older
working clothes and we'd go
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down to the lambing barns and then
we'd be working for the next
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two or three hours through the night
to relieve a shift.
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It's an amazing part of life.
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Great to see.
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Tell us how King Arthur's
getting on.
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How successful were his liaisons?
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King Arthur seems very happy
with all his girlfriends,
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if you like.
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And he loves a good wallow.
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So he is definitely muddy colour.
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But what's extraordinary is
how their coats seem to sort
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of self clean.
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But he doesn't smell of shampoo
quite as much he did perhaps.
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Well, he's clearly wooing
the ladies.
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So it's not putting them off, is it?
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It's not putting them off at all.
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He's quite a determined boar too.
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And how are those gorgeous
little piglets getting on?
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The piglets are so hilarious, Helen.
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They're growing every day.
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They're following their mother into
the wallow and just experimenting
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and exploring the field they're in,
playing with each other,
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lying on top of each other.
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It's such fun watching them.
It really is.
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Lady Carnarvon, thank you so much
for your time.
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Good luck with all the animals and
the opening up again this summer.
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I hope it goes well for you.
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Thank you very much.
Lovely to welcome you here.
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And fingers crossed, we'll all see
each other in person
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rather than virtually soon.
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That would be marvellous.
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Now, from a genuine lady to two
lords of their own manor,
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the majority of Rob and Dave's
newborn lambs
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are born in springtime.
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But there are always a few
stragglers who wait around to put
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in an appearance.
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Recently, the boys had to act fast
as they found two lambs
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in an unusual predicament.
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Rob and Dave's day always begins
with a quick check of the fields
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to make sure that all their
livestock are faring well.
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But this morning has started
with a sad discovery.
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Rob and Dave have no way of knowing
when the orphan twins last had some
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milk. At such a young age,
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it's vital they feed on almost
an hourly basis.
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So, the brothers need to gather
them up and quickly.
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On first inspection,
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the siblings seem to be doing well.
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But now it's the moment of truth.
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With the lambs only used
to drinking their mum's milk,
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how will they cope when it comes to
drinking the potentially
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life-saving formula from a bottle?
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It's tough sometimes
with a lamb this age.
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But we'lljust try our best and,
you know, get them going.
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Farmer Kate tries to give the first
lamb a taste of the milk,
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but the rubber teat is unfamiliar
and it's causing problems.
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Stop biting me.
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But after a few minutes,
it's good news and a huge relief
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for Rob.
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Well, Rob, Dave, as you said,
a relatively positive outcome
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to what started out as a terribly
sad story, but I guess,
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really, that is the sharp end of
farming, that you have to deal
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with death as much as life?
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Well, it's wonderful to see
how well they have come
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on in the last few weeks.
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Now, we saw earlier, Charles
and Camilla, you're great at naming
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animals. Have these two got
names yet?
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They have. As they're a couple of
orphans,
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we thought Annie and Oliver.
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Oh, hopefully there'll be some
more, please!
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Sorry.
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Normally they would spend the
first few months with Mum.
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How have they got on without her?
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And were you tempted to adopt
them with another ewe?
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Well, I think they got to a stage
where they're a little bit too big
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to adopt onto a ewe.
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And they took to the bottle so well.
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So it was an easy win for us,
really.
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Was it an easy win, though,
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because how much of a commitment
is handrearing a lamb?
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Well, boys, well done.
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It's great to see Annie and now
Oliver doing so well.
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But still to come tonight, Bobby,
the escapee pig has an eye-watering
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encounter with Matt the vet.
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Castration.
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It's his entrance fee to the farm,
yeah. He can live a life of luxury,
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but he's got to give up his manhood.
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And we'll have Rob and Dave's
version of Carry on Camping,
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as they spend the night under the
canvas on the edge of their farm.
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I hope we don't sleep in.
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It's
hard as nails, that floor.
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We're no strangers to a cheesy
joke on This Week on the Farm.
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But that story features
possibly the worst joke
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you'll hear on TV this year.
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Join us in a few minutes
to find out what it is.
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Welcome back to This Week on the
Farm, the series that finds out
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what's keeping the nation's
farmers busy this summer.
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Now, later on we'll be heading back
to Barnsley to find out
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what persuaded Rob and Dave to spend
a night under the stars.
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But before that, we're taking a trip
down to a farm very close to them
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where they've been having problems
with a wayward bull.
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Three miles outside Dewsbury in West
Yorkshire is a rescue sanctuary...
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Hello... Hello, my boy.
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...run by animal barmy
jack Radcliffe.
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We've just turned a year old and
we're just started rescuing cats.
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It soon became apparent
that we needed a bigger place
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and we started rescuing
farm animals in need.
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A whole host of animals live
here that have previously
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been abandoned, mistreated
and unloved.
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But now, thanks to Jake,
they've got a forever home.
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You don't realise until you spend
time with them, how they all
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have their own little personalities
and their own little quirks.
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Every single one of the animals
is different, but we love them
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all the same.
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Bobby the Boar is the farm's newest
rescued recruit, and every newcomer
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is neutered so that the sanctuary
isn't overrun with babies.
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Before lockdown,
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Jake called in vet Matt Smith
to make the snip.
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So, Bob is in for...
Castration. ..castrations.
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It's his entrance fee, is that
right?
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It's his entrance fee to the
farm, yeah. He can live a life of
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luxury, but he's got
to give up his manhood as a price.
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Where'd you get him from anyway?
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He were a serial escaper and he were
captured, heading on to M62
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by West Yorkshire police.
Hence his name - Bobby.
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After his run-in with the law, Bobby
was brought to the rescue farm,
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where he'll be looked after for
life.
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With neutering known to calm
an animal's temperament,
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Jake's hoping this will stop Bobby
going AWOL ever again,
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but it's still going to take a lot
of manpower to keep 250kg Bobby
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still enough for Matt to get
started. Two, three.
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SQUEALING
That's it.
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Jake and friend Liam with some rope
managed to get Bobby onto his side
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so Matt can inject him to numb the
area.
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After waiting a few minutes to make
sure that Bobby can't feel a thing,
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Matt makes a start.
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He might be numb where it
matters, but Bobby knows
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something's going on,
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and Jake and Liam have to stay
strong to hold this
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not-so-little piggy in position.
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No male is going to give up their
testicles without a fight.
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We've got to go with the best
option we've got,
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which I believe is this.
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Matt has to work quickly
but carefully and removes
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the second testicle.
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A quick clean-up and antibiotic
to ward off any infection,
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and then Bobby's treated to a
slap-up meal of his favourite food,
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carrots and strawberries.
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A few weeks later, now living
alongside the rescue farm's other
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animals, Bobby is back to his best.
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PIGS SNORT
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But he's not quite kicked the
escapology habits.
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And when he makes a break for it,
he takes his new partners
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in crime with him too.
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Come on. You come in here, mate.
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This is the fence they've broken.
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Come on, Bobby.
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This way. Come on, big guy.
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While they love to escape where we
put them, it's always easy to
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get them back in, because they all
know the familiar
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noise of a shake of a feed bucket,
so...
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No matter how far they go,
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as long as the feed bucket's
not too far away,
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you can always get them back.
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And despite his constant
bids for freedom, Jake
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is still upbeat about Bobby.
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I think he's still a young piglet
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at heart and he just wants to see
the rest of the world.
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And Jake joins us
now from the rescue farm.
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Jake, it's lovely to see you.
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Clearly you've got your hands full
there with Bobby.
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Has he been up to his old tricks
again? ls he still escaping?
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He's... He's certainly calmed
down since his operation.
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But, yeah, he tends to throw a
couple of spanners in the works
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every now and again. In fact, his
last escape was just yesterday.
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So, yeah, he's still got some of his
old escapology traits in him. Yeah.
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Well, he's clearly determined.
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I mean, if he was a prisoner of war,
they'd have sent him to Colditz.
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But how far does he, does he go?
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He's quite a big boy.
So he doesn't usually get that far.
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His furthest escape was around
about half a mile down the road.
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We'd recently just installed a
specially made paddock for the pigs
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where we'd put special fencing
in that, that we thought...
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...it was unbreakable.
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The only problem was, was that one
edge was bordered by a stream,
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which we didn't anticipate
that Bobby would get his armbands
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on and start swimming
down the stream.
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Turns out he did.
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And as we followed him down
the stream, tracking him
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through pieces of his poo and yeah,
he popped up in the horse's field
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and there he was having a snooze
next to a couple of horses.
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How is he in general?
ls Bobby a happy boar?
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Oh, yes. He's literally the happiest
animal we've got on the farm.
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Today, he's got up, had his
breakfast, he's took a lie-down.
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And that was at seven o'clock
this morning.
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He's not moved since then.
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And he's definitely got
the life of Riley at the moment.
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What other animals have you got
on the rescue farm?
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We've got 30 animals at the moment.
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We've got Bobby and his two
brothers, Diego and Truffles.
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And we've got 13 sheep.
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We've got six goats, two donkeys
and two miniature donkeys
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and four alpacas.
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Unbelievable. I mean, are
they all rescue animals?
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They are all rescued. Yeah,
they've all been rescued
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from different cases.
Some from cases of abuse or neglect,
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some weren't wanted or, in the worst
case scenario, some have been
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rescued directly
from the slaughter.
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Yeah, but they've found
their life now at the sanctuary.
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Well, Jake, we know your time
is precious, so we'd better let
472
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,495
you get back to looking
after those animals.
473
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,805
Thank you for talking to us
and good luck with it all.
474
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:38,574
Time now, though, for us to head
back to Barnsley, where Rob and Dave
475
00:29:38,599 --> 00:29:42,444
have been camping it up all in the
name of some of their favourite birds.
476
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:49,055
Got 'em.
477
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,965
Yeah. Definitely.
478
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,055
I haven't got 'em. Oh, 'eck.
479
00:29:56,349 --> 00:30:00,245
Tonight, our intrepid explorers,
Rob and Dave will be revisiting a
480
00:30:00,270 --> 00:30:04,165
favourite childhood activity when
they camp out under the stars in
481
00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:06,165
a field on the edge of their farm.
482
00:30:06,190 --> 00:30:10,085
And they picked a very particular
spot in which to pitch the tent.
483
00:30:16,540 --> 00:30:19,464
And in the valley, there's
something rather special.
484
00:30:19,489 --> 00:30:22,674
A ground-nesting feathered friend
that the boys are proud to
485
00:30:22,699 --> 00:30:25,515
welcome back to the farm every
summer.
486
00:30:42,739 --> 00:30:45,985
The best time to spot the curlews
returning to the nest is early
487
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:48,544
in the morning,
very early in the morning.
488
00:30:48,569 --> 00:30:51,625
Hence the reason for the boys'
overnight adventure.
489
00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:55,625
It's the first time in four decades
that they've tried to put up a tent,
490
00:30:55,650 --> 00:30:59,674
but with the boys both pitching in,
they soon remember the ropes.
491
00:30:59,699 --> 00:31:04,035
And by nightfall they've set up
a camp that even their old scout
492
00:31:04,060 --> 00:31:06,825
master would be proud of.
493
00:31:06,850 --> 00:31:09,714
I hope we don't sleep in.
494
00:31:12,340 --> 00:31:14,955
We might not sleep at all.
495
00:31:17,290 --> 00:31:19,594
Yeah.
496
00:31:19,619 --> 00:31:22,745
Before bed, there's just time
for a well-cooked tea.
497
00:31:22,770 --> 00:31:24,794
A very well-cooked tea.
498
00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:27,955
THEY LAUGH
499
00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:30,265
Lovely evening, lovely food.
500
00:31:30,290 --> 00:31:33,594
Burnt to cinders, though,
but we are lucky
501
00:31:33,619 --> 00:31:35,185
to have this on our doorstep.
502
00:31:37,210 --> 00:31:40,315
Yeah.
503
00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:48,235
I don't know, Rob.
504
00:31:48,260 --> 00:31:52,185
Oh...
505
00:31:53,850 --> 00:31:54,825
Goodnight, Rob.
506
00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:01,995
5:10 in the morning and the summer
sun is making an appearance,
507
00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:03,955
as are Rob and Dave.
508
00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:15,544
There's a reason why we haven't
been camping for 40 years, Rob.
509
00:32:15,569 --> 00:32:18,745
The brothers take up position
in the hope of spotting a curlew
510
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,235
returning to his nest.
511
00:32:21,739 --> 00:32:23,955
No, not yet.
512
00:32:23,980 --> 00:32:25,355
There's plenty around.
513
00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:28,714
OK.
514
00:32:28,739 --> 00:32:31,075
But can I use them, then?
515
00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:32,594
Right.
516
00:32:32,619 --> 00:32:33,794
Off you go.
517
00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:37,825
And a few moments later, it's Rob
who has the first sighting.
518
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:51,594
It's calling as well.
519
00:32:51,619 --> 00:32:53,664
With a distinctive long bill,
520
00:32:53,689 --> 00:32:56,825
the curlew is the largest European
wading bird.
521
00:32:56,850 --> 00:33:00,235
But after spending winter on the
water, places like this
522
00:33:00,260 --> 00:33:03,275
are where it chooses to spend summer
to raise its young,
523
00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:05,825
sheltered amongst the tall grass.
524
00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:08,355
And now the brothers know
where the nest is,
525
00:33:08,380 --> 00:33:11,594
they can ensure it remains
undisturbed when they're working
526
00:33:11,619 --> 00:33:12,825
in the field.
527
00:33:14,739 --> 00:33:17,025
Boys, you are kings of the
one-liner.
528
00:33:17,050 --> 00:33:18,914
Tentin Quarantino, really?
529
00:33:18,939 --> 00:33:21,875
But how are the backs now?
My back's fine. It was me stomach
530
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:24,025
I were worried about with
Rob's cooking.
531
00:33:24,050 --> 00:33:26,305
Them sausages, they were tough, Rob.
532
00:33:29,260 --> 00:33:32,195
Jokes aside, I was very envious of
that campfire. Hats off.
533
00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:33,714
It was an impressive one.
534
00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:54,745
Well, boys, I hope you're still
able to manage it in another
535
00:33:54,770 --> 00:33:56,945
40 years' time. It certainly
inspired me to get out
536
00:33:56,970 --> 00:33:58,155
with my family this year.
537
00:33:58,180 --> 00:34:00,435
But for all the fun of it,
there was a serious side.
538
00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:03,385
And that, of course, was about
keeping an eye on those curlews.
539
00:34:18,739 --> 00:34:20,914
And any sign of them today?
540
00:34:20,939 --> 00:34:23,914
Well, I've heard him today,
but we don't see him every day.
541
00:34:23,939 --> 00:34:26,945
It's very rare we see one,
but we hear him all the time.
542
00:34:26,970 --> 00:34:30,355
So it's quite a treat when we
actually see one flying over.
543
00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:32,714
Well, it sounds like they are
definitely in good hands.
544
00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:34,664
Thanks, guys. BOTH: Thank you.
545
00:34:34,689 --> 00:34:37,385
And after the break, we'll be
staying in South Yorkshire when Rob
546
00:34:37,410 --> 00:34:40,865
and Dave turn their attention
to a different breed of bird
547
00:34:40,890 --> 00:34:44,555
when they have a grand design for
their growing brood of chickens.
548
00:34:49,890 --> 00:34:51,865
That's in a few minutes' time.
549
00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:55,105
When we return with more
from This Week on the Farm.
550
00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:17,285
Welcome back to
This Week on the Farm.
551
00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:19,794
Now, before the break, we saw
Rob and Dave camping out
552
00:35:19,819 --> 00:35:23,405
under the stars in order to do
a little bit of curlew spotting.
553
00:35:23,430 --> 00:35:26,565
It's not just wild birds that
have been keeping them busy.
554
00:35:26,590 --> 00:35:29,124
Earlier this year, they decided
for the first time since
555
00:35:29,149 --> 00:35:31,325
they were boys to breed chickens.
556
00:35:31,350 --> 00:35:33,874
Let's remind ourselves
what happened.
557
00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:40,924
In the hope of introducing a whole
new breed to their farm,
558
00:35:40,949 --> 00:35:44,715
Rob and Dave made the short trip
to a smallholding in North Yorkshire
559
00:35:44,740 --> 00:35:47,645
that specialises in all
things Shetland
560
00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:49,994
and that includes their chickens.
561
00:35:51,870 --> 00:35:53,765
Yeah.
562
00:35:55,790 --> 00:35:58,994
After struggling to get to grips
with the fully grown birds...
563
00:36:00,810 --> 00:36:02,375
Oh!
564
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,535
...the boys decided to go
back to basics.
565
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,625
They were soon on their way back
to Barnsley with a box full of eggs
566
00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:13,455
that they hoped would be ready to
hatch in around three weeks' time.
567
00:36:15,370 --> 00:36:16,785
So, that was back in March,
568
00:36:16,810 --> 00:36:20,305
and I'm delighted to say that a
few weeks later, Rob and Dave
569
00:36:20,330 --> 00:36:24,535
were the proud parents to these
fine, feathered little specimens.
570
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,225
So cute! Now, the next thing
the brothers needed to do was find
571
00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:30,894
a nice corner of the farm
for them to live in.
572
00:36:30,919 --> 00:36:32,814
But in true Nicholson boys' style,
573
00:36:32,839 --> 00:36:35,455
that was never going to be
a straightforward job.
574
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,785
ROOSTER CROWS
575
00:36:53,250 --> 00:36:55,894
When they'd just hatched,
576
00:36:55,919 --> 00:36:58,295
this was perfect for them.
It's nice and warm in here,
577
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,785
got the heat lamps,
but they'd just outgrown it.
578
00:37:00,810 --> 00:37:03,375
They can fly out now and they're
causing trouble for my mum,
579
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,375
so we've got to move them on.
580
00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:11,865
So in a bid to prevent a family
feud, it's off to the workshop
581
00:37:11,890 --> 00:37:15,064
to put the finishing touches
to a brand new house
582
00:37:15,089 --> 00:37:19,735
just in time for summer
that's fit for, well, chickens.
583
00:37:31,450 --> 00:37:34,905
The best feature about this chicken
shed is the nest boxes.
584
00:37:34,930 --> 00:37:37,095
So all the chickens can come
in, lay their eggs.
585
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,934
We can get them without disturbing
the chickens in the shed.
586
00:37:49,810 --> 00:37:52,425
This is a thing of beauty, Rob.
587
00:37:52,450 --> 00:37:54,345
But before Rob and Dave's feathered
ffiends
588
00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:57,345
can move into their brand new luxury
pad,
589
00:37:57,370 --> 00:37:59,785
it needs to be put into
position in the perfect plot.
590
00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:01,144
Go on, then.
591
00:38:01,169 --> 00:38:04,014
It's heavy!
592
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,375
I think we need help.
593
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,735
Time to call in the home removal
experts,
594
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,095
in the shape of farmer Ruth
and farmer Tom.
595
00:38:15,370 --> 00:38:17,814
Yeah.
596
00:38:17,839 --> 00:38:20,735
Oh!
597
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,655
Oh, heck.
598
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,545
Straighten it up, then, Rob.
To Tom a bit.
599
00:38:30,570 --> 00:38:33,175
Right, a bit more to Tom.
600
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:34,814
No, still no good.
601
00:38:34,839 --> 00:38:36,785
You're very picky!
602
00:38:36,810 --> 00:38:38,934
To me, to you! Back to me.
603
00:38:41,730 --> 00:38:43,144
One thing occurred to me,
604
00:38:43,169 --> 00:38:45,144
I'm really hoping this ground is
bumpy,
605
00:38:45,169 --> 00:38:48,545
and not that it's us that's made
the legs the wrong length.
606
00:38:48,570 --> 00:38:51,655
Got to be.
607
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,655
No new home is complete
without a fresh lick of paint
608
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,215
and as ever, Rob is striving
for perfection.
609
00:39:11,010 --> 00:39:13,855
With hearing Rob's attempts at that
end,
610
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:18,044
I think I might have half a chance
of getting the best painter award.
611
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,264
Yeah, I'm happy with that.
612
00:39:23,289 --> 00:39:24,965
I think it looks good.
613
00:39:24,990 --> 00:39:27,965
Thanks for that.
614
00:39:29,460 --> 00:39:32,195
Luckily, Dave's handling skills
have improved
615
00:39:32,220 --> 00:39:34,275
since his visit to north Yorkshire.
616
00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:38,445
Thank you. Come on, little one.
617
00:39:47,939 --> 00:39:50,244
Ah, home, sweet home.
618
00:39:59,069 --> 00:40:01,715
The chickens will stay
inside for the next week
619
00:40:01,740 --> 00:40:03,475
to make their new house a home,
620
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:07,085
and then they'll be let out to enjoy
the summer sunshine.
621
00:40:07,110 --> 00:40:09,914
These chickens will be able to go
anywhere they please, really.
622
00:40:09,939 --> 00:40:12,355
But at night time, they will come
back to the roost
623
00:40:12,380 --> 00:40:15,525
and we'll be able to lock them up
and keep them safe and sound.
624
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:26,475
Wow, guys, that is very impressive.
Hats off, but come on, be honest.
625
00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:30,114
I know you've got lots of very able
people on the farm.
626
00:40:30,139 --> 00:40:32,475
Did you build that by yourselves?
627
00:40:37,350 --> 00:40:39,525
We did our bit, Rob.
Well, fair play, boys.
628
00:40:39,550 --> 00:40:42,525
At least you got the paintbrushes
out. You can't argue with that.
629
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:45,355
But I think we can now see the
moment when they finally stepped out
630
00:40:45,380 --> 00:40:48,755
to enjoy the great outdoors
for the very first time.
631
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,164
How do you think they've taken
to it?
632
00:40:56,189 --> 00:40:58,364
There's just loads of insects there,
Jules,
633
00:40:58,389 --> 00:41:00,355
that they just think are fabulous
634
00:41:00,380 --> 00:41:03,164
and loads of vegetation
that they really enjoy.
635
00:41:03,189 --> 00:41:07,395
What are the benefits to letting
them be free range and roam around?
636
00:41:23,389 --> 00:41:26,034
It's been a long time since
you've had chickens on the farm.
637
00:41:26,059 --> 00:41:27,965
How is it having them back?
638
00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:29,805
It's great to have them
back, isn't it, Rob?
639
00:41:29,830 --> 00:41:32,885
When we were kids, they used to go
and lay their eggs in the barn
640
00:41:32,910 --> 00:41:34,195
and places like that.
641
00:41:34,220 --> 00:41:37,555
And it was a lot
of fun finding the nests.
642
00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:40,755
So when these are free range,
it's going to be just as much fun
643
00:41:40,780 --> 00:41:42,725
looking to see where they're laying,
really.
644
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:44,164
And are they laying for you yet?
645
00:41:44,189 --> 00:41:47,164
There's not going to be laying
for a couple of months yet.
646
00:41:47,189 --> 00:41:48,605
Probably at the end of the summer.
647
00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:50,965
And I think we've got a few
cockerels in the bunch as well.
648
00:41:50,990 --> 00:41:53,164
So they're definitely not
going to lay any eggs.
649
00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:57,475
But now they are back and a feature
of Cannon Hall Farm,
650
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,005
are you going to be selling
the eggs in the farm shop?
651
00:42:15,139 --> 00:42:17,725
Never mind selling eggs, I think
you should sell chicken sheds.
652
00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:20,244
I'd definitely buy one. That was a
job well done, guys.
653
00:42:20,269 --> 00:42:22,164
Well done! Well, that's it for now,
654
00:42:22,189 --> 00:42:25,054
but join us next time for more
summer fun on the farm
655
00:42:25,079 --> 00:42:26,465
when we'll meet the shepherdess
656
00:42:26,490 --> 00:42:30,105
who's turning back the clock when it
comes to protecting her flock.
657
00:42:30,130 --> 00:42:32,304
Why am I camping in the field?
658
00:42:32,329 --> 00:42:34,905
Traditionally, we used to,
as shepherds,
659
00:42:34,930 --> 00:42:37,264
be guardians of the flock.
660
00:42:37,289 --> 00:42:39,934
A dental procedure
on Xander the alpaca
661
00:42:39,959 --> 00:42:42,184
leaves vet Shona feeling down,
but not out.
662
00:42:42,209 --> 00:42:46,054
We're going to try
and get this bottom one out, so...
663
00:42:46,079 --> 00:42:48,384
Bit of flossing... Whoa!
664
00:42:48,409 --> 00:42:49,384
SHE LAUGHS
665
00:42:51,289 --> 00:42:54,215
And the fantastically named
Jon Bon Pony is back.
666
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:58,465
But this pop star needs help to
prevent him being top of the flops.
667
00:43:01,959 --> 00:43:04,264
The Mr Boombastic!
668
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:08,384
That's next
time on This Week On The Farm.
669
00:43:26,409 --> 00:43:29,025
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