On a quiet Sunday morning, I checked the CCTV camera and saw no lambs. But when I walked into the poly tunnel, I found a newborn lamb there.
This year, our nearly blind Dorset ewe gave birth to a beautiful lamb. Just by looking at her from behind, you wouldn’t know she had given birth.
Lucy the ewe is doing well. She developed an infection after lambing, but the vet treated her with antibiotics and painkillers to reduce inflammation. She is eating, and her two lambs are nursing from her.
A panoramic view of the poly tunnel today.
Charlie guides the ewe into her lambing pen by using her lamb as a lure.
Lamb gets a splash of iodine.
We moved Lucy and her twin lambs into our Cade Lambing shed so there would be space in the poly tunnel for the Dorset ewe and her lamb.
She has a lot more room in here now, but she still isn’t happy about it!
Fed Rustie a bottle in our kitchen.
Charlie took her to the cade lambing shed.
We think Lucy will tolerate Rustie so she's got some sheep company.
Within two minutes, Rustie the cade lamb found a gap and got herself stuck. After an hour, Rustie had to return to the farmhouse because she was still sat in the corner and refused to go into the shelter of the lamb shed. We'll try again soon.