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We have 8 pet lambs this year, 4 are still with their mums... Winkle and Dinkle are triplets that I've been bottling since birth, with Gerty one of Rosies lambs and Mitsie's smallest lad, who has not been thriving quite as they should.... there are teat issues!!!
But the 4 who live in the village are doing really well..... Flossie, Berty and Bob (above) are making good progress...... and they are very protective of this year's little poppet..... Daisy May... (she wasn't sure about the camera?) She'll be 5 weeks old on Saturday.
She was one of our last to be born, to Freckle (left in the trailer with Holly) who had cleaned and warmed her, then bashed the living daylights out of her...... so she went down my jumper to keep warm and safe... I was already looking after the other 3 in the barn, so one more wasn't going to make any difference, and it didn't take long for her be be accepted into the gang.......
She has turned into a wick little lamb, having had a few adventures with me that other lambs wouldn't have experienced, she's always first in the que, and she knows how to leap into my arms when I lean down to catch her for a feed or just a cuddle........ From that first day she learned that I was safe and would protect her, and after her feeds she quickly slipped into the habit of dropping off to sleep in my arms, which she now does after every bottle....... she gets heavier as she relaxes and you can hear her gently snoring.......
They have been reduced to 4 feeds a day and that will reduce again very soon now that Daisy's consumption of grass is getting greater. All 4 are free in the field 24-7, although they have the shelter of the trailer if they choose.... I introduced them to lamb feed too, holding a few tiny nuts in my hand to start Daisy off so there was no competition from the others, she understood immediately, but was so funny when she looked up at me and they all fell out from the sides of her mouth.
I hope she grows strong just like Peewee last year..... who incidentally has never forgotten how to sit down on the grass by my side for a cuddle!!.... more about her later!
But the 4 who live in the village are doing really well..... Flossie, Berty and Bob (above) are making good progress...... and they are very protective of this year's little poppet..... Daisy May... (she wasn't sure about the camera?) She'll be 5 weeks old on Saturday.
She was one of our last to be born, to Freckle (left in the trailer with Holly) who had cleaned and warmed her, then bashed the living daylights out of her...... so she went down my jumper to keep warm and safe... I was already looking after the other 3 in the barn, so one more wasn't going to make any difference, and it didn't take long for her be be accepted into the gang.......
She has turned into a wick little lamb, having had a few adventures with me that other lambs wouldn't have experienced, she's always first in the que, and she knows how to leap into my arms when I lean down to catch her for a feed or just a cuddle........ From that first day she learned that I was safe and would protect her, and after her feeds she quickly slipped into the habit of dropping off to sleep in my arms, which she now does after every bottle....... she gets heavier as she relaxes and you can hear her gently snoring.......
They have been reduced to 4 feeds a day and that will reduce again very soon now that Daisy's consumption of grass is getting greater. All 4 are free in the field 24-7, although they have the shelter of the trailer if they choose.... I introduced them to lamb feed too, holding a few tiny nuts in my hand to start Daisy off so there was no competition from the others, she understood immediately, but was so funny when she looked up at me and they all fell out from the sides of her mouth.
I hope she grows strong just like Peewee last year..... who incidentally has never forgotten how to sit down on the grass by my side for a cuddle!!.... more about her later!
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