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 
well that must mean spring really is on it’s way
Shame about the first lamb, we are considering sheep but are worried about it being beyond our skill set….any advice to complete amateurs?
Not really sure what to tell you; we started with bottle feed lambs so our flock is very tame and easy to handle. I think reading as much as you can and talking to people who keep sheep is the best place to start, it is the right time of year now to get lambs.
That’s how we thought we would start, almost raising a couple of lambs like you would weaner pigs then progress to building a flock once we got some confidence
we do have friends that keep sheep but taking that first step is a bit daunting
brilliant photos here : )