Saturday, 19 January 2008
Lots of lambs.
The lambs are being born thick and fast.Every time you turn your back on the sheep shed another ewe starts to give birth. There have been a nice amount of doubles a few sets of triplets and of course the usual singles.Sometimes a single can be quite useful, if you are there at the birth it`s possible to adopt a triplet. We offer her the little stranger first. If she seems pleased with that one we put hers there as well. If she licks and talks to both it`s great. Thats one tame lamb less to feed. Although lambing is going with a swing the weather isn`t. The fields are saturated, it`s difficult to stand up because of the mud. At least it isn`t cold and all the rain has made the grass grow, when we turn the ewes and lambs into the fields there is plenty of food for them. It is a joy to see them running, jumping and playing. You know that they are healthy with a full tummy of rich milk.Life is really busy at the moment. I will post another update when I have another spare five minutes.
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