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Lambing season - I've been off line

Posted: Monday, 02 April 2007

Lambing season is now upon us like a tidal wave. Sadly we've had three lambs born dead.

But at 4am on Palm Sunday we went out into the byre and found a new born pair of wee lambs waiting for us! We were keenly watching sheep #13 who was showing all of the classic signs of being in labor. We had her in The Lambing Pen with a camera trained on her. As we watched her through the night sheep #8 went and popped out some twins of her own in the main pen! I shuffled into the byre at 4am and heard cute little lamb sounds - coming from the other end of the byre! (??) So upon investigation I found a very proud #8 nickering at a pair of tiny wobbly lambs.

We had to help sheep #13 deliver her lambs - everything went well! So we have three pairs of twins bounding aboot!

I get up every morning at 1am, 3am and 5am. I can hardly stand up - let alone blog. Once lambing season is over I'm going to be so well trained that I'll burst from bed at 1, 3 and 5. I'll have to find something constructive to do at those hours...

Ah, but it's worth it!! It's sooooo worth it when you see the lambs take their first breaths or you find them wobbling around the pen with mummy-yow nickering so happily!!

I see now why shepherds are so fond of their flock!

Posted on Things Go Moo in the Night... at 12:36

Comments

Ah! I wondered why you'd gone so quiet! ;-)

Anne from IBHQ

I am a sheepfarmer ( well a teacher also) from Norway. It is very interesting to read about your way of life. The lambing season has not started by us yet, later this week the good sleep is over. Good luck and I hope you will get many lambs. Best regards Dag

Dag Ovstebo from Dirdal , close to Stavanger , Norway

Hi Anne! I'm alive - just. Hahahaha! We are being blessed and cursed: three yows (ewes) aborted because of a disease caused by CATS. My precious cats!!! The rest have delivered fine fat frisky lambs! Hi Dag! Do you have a blog?? I'd love to read about sheep farming in Norway!!

Michelle Therese from asleep on my feet...

Oh Dag, I forgot to say: a teacher too! What a lovely combonation - children and lambs! Yes, the good sleep is over indeed! We have a ewe lambing as I type this - I hope she has a good pair of healthy twins! If you would like a snail-mail pen-friend do get in touch! We'd love to hear all about sheep farming in Norway! If you contact Anne here from IBHQ she can help us connect via email. If you are interested, that is!

Michelle Therese from Mainland Orkney

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