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[Redwing]

After a great deal of struggling in late pregnancy one of our ewes Hetty has had twin lambs

 

We have one girl and one boy and made the instant mistake of naming them

 

Hetty waited till we were both there yesterday to have her lambs and we watched the whole thing, we felt with a few moments and a few moments but mainly

 

Hetty is still struggling (she has a cyst on her windpipe) but is much improved without the burden of lambs inside her

 

The female lamb is doing well, the male is struggling and hasnt suckled yet so is being fed by tube until he gets enough strength to copy his sister, he has had a few bottles but multiple changes of clothes on my part would indicate that this isnt as sucessful as the tube

 

I've had a lot of sleepless nights this last week trudging to our field in the cold, dark and rain - I hope and pray that Penny who is next to have lambs will be an awful lot easier!

[Daphne]

Congratulations Lets hope the boy improves and Hetty as well. Are these your first (so to speak )?

[Chucky Mama]

Well done Hetty. Fingers crossed that mother and babies continue to thrive

[Redwing]

Congratulations Lets hope the boy improves and Hetty as well. Are these your first (so to speak )?

 

Yes these are our first lambs

 

We didnt feel we knew enough to try lambing last year so left it till this year

 

...on reflection we still dont know enough!

 

Its been a steep learning curve for me this last week, I've injected, drenched and stuck my hands all sorts of places this week and poor Hetty has coped with it all just throwing me the odd annoyed look

[Egluntyne]

Congratulations. Fingers crossed for the boy.

[laurmurf]

Oh my goodness, Tasha, congratulations!

It's just like you've turned into Tasha Herriott, well done!

[Redwing]

 

 

 

A feed bucket makes a cosy bed apparently

 

[Chucky Mama]

Sooo sweet

[scarlettohara]

Well done Tasha and Mummy sheep You are down for the poultry club minutes in apologies - lambing imminent

[mollyripkim]

Oh they are sooo sweet,hope they continue to do well.

[The Dogmother]

They are gorgeous Tasha, well done to all concerned

[Egluntyne]

Lovely pics.

[Jools]

Great photos - well done Mummy!

[Lavenders_Blue]

Awwwwwwwwwww, so cute! I especially love the photo of the lamb in the bucket

[Lesley]

Congratulations - I hope the little ram lamb is a bit better today?

[Lewis]

Well done Tasha! Know how much time you spent up there and how worried you were!

Well done to Hetty and to PR + T for making it!

 

Hopefully the next lambing will be better ... its all learning. Be fine for next year

 

Hope they're better soon

[Griffin]

Bless their socks So cute

[poachedegg]

Lovely pictures - congratulations.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Awww, so sweet . Congratulations .