Wednesday 1 April 2009
Lambs Galore
Seems I missed most of the action, only about 50 sheep left to lamb, mainly singles. The barn was a delight last night with the central aisle full of leaping, exploring lambs, dashing hurriedly from one end to the other. Two good strong lambs born on my watch but there were four requiring much manual intervention; placing on teat, stomach tubing and the like, at least one of which didn't make it to this evening. Grumpy, sleepy farmers and apprentices abound as we enter the 4th week of lambing. David was so tired he didn't even notice that the tractor had been removed from the workshop and parked in River field in the middle of the night as an April fool's joke!
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