Yesterday we acquired another couple of lambs. These are just 4 days old and are being bottled fed as their mother had triplets but didn’t have enough milk to keep them all fed. They are Southdown crosses so they are very woolly and extremely cute. They are getting more stable on their legs. I am amazed that they can drink 1/2 a pint four times a day. I hope this means they will soon grow into their woolly coats which look a little oversized at the moment.
We have made a nice den for them in the barn with lots of straw – but the weather was so lovely today that I put them in the field with the older lambs. They all got on very well, playing chase, doing mad lamb jumps in the air and trying to eat grass like big sheep, before settling down to snooze in the sun.
Ben George and Elvis the Alpacas look over at them from their paddock and aren’t quite sure what to make of them!
Our new lambs have come from Cuckoos Pit Farm in Woodchurch – a small organic farm producing delicious free range lamb, chicken, beef and pork.
