lambing again

The lambing season is now well underway, and the barns are alive with the sounds of bleating lambs. Between the various members of the family we manage to keep watch for nearly  twenty four hours a day, although ‘keeping watch’ might not be the right term.

There is always something that needs to be done in a lambing shed. Once the ewes have given birth they are moved to a small individual pen, and the navels of the new born lambs are dressed with iodine to prevent disease. Here we check that the lambs are feeding, and that the ewe doesn’t reject one of her lambs as sometimes happens. If all is well the ewe and her lambs are marked with the same number potential breeding ewe lambs are identified, then ewe with lambs are moved in a trailer out to the fields. As the whole precess has to be repeated 700 times, you can imagine that it keeps us all busy.

And with the lambing open days starting next week, we’re also trying to get the barns ship shape. If you are planning to come along we look forward to seeing you, out first open day is April 9th and runs through to the 17th April. If you want to see a lamb born your best chance will be in the first half of the week.

This year’s first set of quads.