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Agriculture<\/a> <\/strong>graduate Caroline Jellicoe took the plunge and moved to Cumbria to manage her own own sheep farm having completed her degree at Reaseheath.<\/p>\n

Caroline\u00a0was inspired back to education after visiting the Nantwich campus with her children during lambing season back in 2010.<\/p>\n

Coming from a background in zoo keeping, Caroline has worked with a range of exotic animals in her career so far, but was keen to expand her knowledge of the farming industry.<\/p>\n

Caroline prepared for her degree by completing an Access to Higher Education Diploma<\/a> at Reaseheath, where she found her passion for sheep farming.<\/p>\n

During the second year of her degree, Caroline bought an acre of land along with six zwartbles\u00a0shearling pedigree sheep and a ram\u00a0called Mr Gibbs. The 27th February 2014 saw the ewes give birth to Caroline\u2019s first flock of lambs.<\/p>\n

\"Toba,<\/a>

Toba, Caroline’s youngest and most enthusiastic farm hand<\/p><\/div>\n

She commented, \u201cIt was a long road to get to the of point of having my own flock of sheep \u2013 but it was all worth it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful for the support of the Farm Manager Mark Yearsley and other staff, along with the opportunity to gain experience working on the College farm during my time at Reaseheath. This all helped me on my way to achieve my dream of owning my own sheep flock.\u201d<\/p>\n

On looking to the future Caroline said, \u201cI am always looking for more land. I only wanted a few sheep at first, but since I visited a friend’s farm in Yorkshire and\u00a0falling in love with it, I decided I would dream BIG – I\u00a0am aiming for 1,000 sheep now. In one year I have gone from no sheep to 40\u00a0and I\u00a0intend to grow\u00a0and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

With her experience working with exotic animals, Caroline is also the proud owner of an eagle owl, barn owl, tortoise, bearded dragons and goats. As a diversification programme to her flock business, she has set up a new enterprise \u2018The Three Wise Shepherds\u2019, a programme of \u00a0educational talks with her variety of animals. She has also begun to take the animals to children\u2019s parties for petting along with \u2018meet and greet\u2019 experiences for children\u00a0and adults of all ages.<\/p>\n

Caroline has graduated from Reaseheath in 2014 with a Distinction in her Foundation Degree and celebrated her success along with fellow classmates at our\u00a0graduation ceremony<\/a> at St Mary\u2019s Church in Nantwich. In December 2014 Caroline moved to a fell farm in Cumbria, where she now manages 200 herdwick ewes plus her own zwartbles flock.<\/p>\n

If you would like to find out more about Caroline and her growing business \u2018The Three Wise Shepherds\u2019, follow her twitter handle <\/strong>@sheepstudent<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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