Lambing is in Full Swing!

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So, me and my partner farm sheep here in Wales, and we always lamb early. We started lambing a week ago, but are now going well and getting through them. I love lambing ... although that could be because my partner does most of the work and I just do a bit when I get back from work!

We bought a new Innovis tup (Abermax) this year to try ... and silly OH picked carcass quality as a priority over lambing ease. To be fair, his lambs so far have been very impressive ... although the singles are a bit oversized.
One of my pet sheep, Spotty Hog, lambed last night and I nearly did a caesarian as it was a big pull bless her. Her son arrived safely though and is a huge 8kg today at 12 hours old! Mum is fine and doing a fab job as always!

So, some pics ....

Me and Spotty's lamb (by Abermax)


Spotty and her son



A little lamb by one of texel tups just having a sleep on Mum


A set of triplets by a texel tup content with Mum


Two lambs by Abermax that are actually day old triplets (the extra lamb has been adopted onto another ewe that only had a single). Impressive sizes!


All fun and games! Anyone else farm sheep?

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Congratulations to the new Mom and her darling baby.
I'm so glad that she was safely delivered.

I now want to come and live with you... I'm just teasing you, don't worry about my showing up and knocking on your door.

The pictures are adorable and a real treat to see this morning.
(dance)

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Thank you - Spotty says thank you for the congrats too!
I was glad he came naturally - I was pretty worried for a few minutes with Spotty last night, any bigger and he would have had to come out the 'side door'.
Evidently the record breaking biggest lamb was also born here in Wales last year at 11kg! I say born ... that was a caesarian!
Most lambs are born at about 4kg so this little boy is fairly record-breaking for us!

It's good fun here, and always something to keep us busy

And I do love the little lambs ... the sad bit is the ones that don't make it ... but luckily there's not too many of them!

[Sherry]

We used to have a two or three females on the small farm I was raised on. One always threw twins, the other always threw triplets so we had a single bottle raised every year lol. I loved watching those tails corkscrewing as they suckled on the bottle! And that one was a BIG baby! Glad she could actually birth him.

[Heather]

What little cuteys . Congrats to moms trying to birth wee horses lol. I've no experience with sheep. The area I was raised in was a bit heavily populated in wolves. Where I am now actually has a huge sheep farm just down the road and I love seeing all the wee lambs playing in the spring.
ciao

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Sherry it's always the way. We have one ewe that typically throws quads but 2014 she had five, all good lambs and all survived. She's a brilliant ewe.
Spotty has always had twins up til this year so I don't know what has changed. Bit low compared to how she has been perhaps. All of my pet sheep apart from a yearling called Chimera are having singles this year.

Heather they're gorgeous little things. I do love to see them well.

Had a bit of an annoying call out to a lambing. Flipping lamb had it's head bent right over its back and try as I might I could not find the room inside the ewe to flip it back how it should be. So ended in a caesar and that lamb had died :-( BUT it must have been over 7kg, as it's smaller sibling was 6.5kg. Plus side, ewe was fine and sibling was a good lamb up on its feet in no time. Only consolation is that a 6.5kg lamb is a decent single but I do so hate it when they don't make it. It makes me really sad ::sad::

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Oh, I love sheep and lamps. We had two pet sheep in my early childhood. Nice, calm creatures. But I don't remember much. One was called Josefine, the other Pauline.

Congrats, you have some lovely lambs.