the lambing season

The lambing season began on 21st March this year and was hectic from day 1. The first 8 days saw nearly 300 ewes give birth and right in the middle of that first week the weather to turned  cold and wet. We were forced to keep the lambs in for an extra couple of days, which uses up every inch of space and creates a lot of extra work. Fortunately the cold spell only lasted for 3 days, after that we could turn ewes and lambs out to the more sheltered fields. With plenty of good sized double lambs born and no more than the usual lambing problems, it’s been a good lambing season and we’re now back into a more normal routine and catching up on some sleep!

lambs playing