Another busy day on the lambing field and it was sunny albeit a little cold too! It was just Dad and me on the morning round. It was all pretty quiet really, everything looked fairly content. We lambed one ewe, the lamb was coming the right way. It was big though so needed a wee bit effort to get it …

James, my brother, discovered one new lamb this morning – all was fine. Aila, Dad and I went round later in the morning but we forgot our lambing bag with all the tools required for marking so it was really just a check. We did a very rough count of the ewes with no lambs, roughly we have about 30 …

I woke this morning and the ground was white! It was a like a winter’s morning not spring! My brother did the morning shift again, there were three new lambs. Feeling down I went out later, everything seemed fairly quiet.  I was gutted to come across a dead lamb which we marked yesterday.  The poor wee lamb didn’t get a …

I thought yesterday’s weather was bad, today was worse! My brother did the early shift, there were three new lambs including one which he lambed. I put on an extra couple of layers of clothing and off I went to brave the weather. All the sheep were sheltering amongst the long grass so I didnt want to disturb them too …

In contrast to yesterday, today was not a good day for the little lambs to enter the world! It was bitterly cold with snowy showers. I went out with Aila this morning, Aila managed half way round then decided that actually she was a fair weather shepherdess and it was far more inviting to stay indoors, I didn’t blame her. …

It was a beautiful morning, which makes checking the sheep far more enjoyable! A perfect day for lambs to come into the world! Aila, Katie and I went round this morning. I have had to lamb a sheep every day since I arrived and the one day I have someone who is really keen to see a lamb been born …

I was on the early shift this morning. It is always a relief after feeding the ewes and checking the ewes who haven’t come in for feed, either due to just having had a lamb or they are lambing, to find no fatalities from the long, cold night. There was another set of twins and three new lambs – all …

A quiet day today really. Aila, Dad and I went round as usual in the morning. I was dropped off on the hill part to walk through. Dad had spotted a lamb early morning which looked hungry so we took some milk out to feed it from a bottle. I fed the little lamb and discovered the ewe didn’t seem …

My brother did the early shift this morning. There were a few new lambs and two sets of twins. He had to lamb one and sadly the lamb was dead. No reason, wasn’t a particularly big lamb and everything was coming the right way. Luckily, having the set of twins, my brother was able to take one of the lambs …

Dad was on the early shift this morning, he had to lamb two ewes. There was another set of twins and a few more singles. All were fine, apart from one which seemed to struggle to stand. Dad helped it up and decided to check it later. Aila and I went round after breakfast, we noticed a ewe lambing but …