We started lambing a week ago today. It was not a happy start; Sophie had a very large ram lamb who was positioned badly with one leg back, he took a lot of pulling to deliver and didn’t make it.
Lambing continued on Saturday after a few days rest with a much happier result; Ivy delivered twins on her own just before 8am. I was there when the second one arrived and within a minute or so it was up and looking for its first feed.
Ivy with her lambs – February 2013
She had one of each: the ewe lamb was born first
Ivy’s ewe lamb – February 2013
Followed by a ram lamb who I arrived just in time to see landing
Ivy’s ram lamb – February 2013
Since Thursday we have had much nicer weather so they have arrived with good timing (watch the weather change now) and lambing continued this morning with Clarry having two ram lambs, one large and one slightly smaller. I haven’t yet seem them as started back at work first thing this morning.
A Life Less Simple 