7th March 2010
The first group of 9 finished lambing two weeks ago – 7 sets of twins and 2 singles, and the first from the second group lambed 2 days ago.  We have too many boys and not enough girls to choose from for showing from the earlier ones – after Friday's twins we have 11 ram lambs and 6 ewe lambs.  We lost one ram lamb at about a week old; he was not right from about 24 hours old.  We have one on the bottle, as his Mother does not seem to have enough milk for two!
The funniest pair is Bramble’s – at birth the ewe lamb weighed 2.92 kg (6.4 lbs) less than the ram lamb!  The little girl is growing on well but won’t be in the running for the ‘show team’.  The 'D' names are the shearlings, so first time lambers.
The twins’ combined weights varied between 7.46 kg (16.41 lbs) and 10.52 kg (23.14 lbs).  It amazes me how a ewe can carry that amount of weight, compared with human babies which are large at 8 – 10 lbs.

The older ones are now five weeks and are growing on well and taking some creep.  This year, in the new lambing yard, they have a large pen to themselves where they can go and eat concentrates away from their Mothers.  It is lovely watching them running about in the yard.  They grow up too quickly and look enormous compared with the latest little girls.
Meat (hogget & mutton) available – please ring to order.
Shearling ewes and rams will be available for sale from June/July.