My Herdwick sheep, Heidi and Hetty, have both had their lambs.
It has caused great excitement as never before have we had anything but Swaledales
at Pry House Farm.
Heidi was the first to have her lamb; a single, a jet black tup lamb and his name is Marco.
Marco is a big strong lamb with good bone and a broad head. I hope he makes a good Herdwick tup and that someone wants him for breeding. We will see - only time will tell.
Exactly a week later Hetty had her twins. I happened to be in the Shepherd's Hut and glancing out of the window I noticed Hetty on her own by the wall, displaying typical signs of being a-lambing. I ran for Chris and we walked down to see how she was getting on. I saw the lamb being born and as we got closer realised there was no movement. Chris ran to intervene and quickly cleared the lamb's airways The sack hadn't broken. If we hadn't been there it could have been a different story.
A short time later lamb number two was born and this time with no drama!
They are both gimmers (females) and I have called them Jacqui and Doris.
Heidi watches on with interest and with Marco (7 days old).
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