Brazil delivers at last

Brazil's little, or not so little, ram lamb came into the world at 09.45 this morning whilst we were stocking up the hay racks.
Brazil struggled to push him out so Tim gave his front legs a gently pull and once his shoulders were out, he came out with a whoosh. Within 10 minutes he was up and about and looking for a drink.
A young ram with attitude

The snow arrives and so do Chloe's twins

This morning the sleet and snow arrived, but safe and snug in the barn Chloe gave birth to twin ram lambs, and as you can see from the picture they are very snug in the hay. We've had to put a tarpalin over the entrance to the barn to stop the snow was blowing in.

Astrid's little lamb is looking much better this morning, he didn't seem quite "with it" yesterday but today he's up and about.

Our first set of twins

Whilst we were exercising the dogs in the back field we noticed Allium laid down in another paddock. She seemed OK, but in fact she was giving birth and we didn't realise until we saw her in the top field with her twins. (1 ewe lamb, 1 ram lamb).

This meant that we had no room in the barn for her and her lambs, so the first 3 lambs to be born were moved into a new paddock, with their respective mums, which has a shelter, so that we've got some space.

But we're now full again as Chloe and Anya are now in the remaining empty lambing pens as they are due on the 6th April. I hope no one else decides to give birth as we've no lambing pens left. But I'm sure we'll sort something out.

Our first ram lamb

Astrid was the first ewe to give birth this morning. Tim found her and her ram lamb in the race. So at 7 o'clock this morning we were making up another pen in the barn to put them in for the next 24 to 48 hours.
The lambing pens were now full, but Lilly and Brazil refuse to give birth and are causing a bit of a jam. But as the weather is supposed to turn nasty this weekend, they will stay where they are.

The lamb that couldn't wait

This little ewe lamb wasn't due until Monday, but she must have heard about the bad weather that we are expecting over the weekend and so decided to arrive totally unexpected this morning, out in the fields. Thankfully her mum is a very experienced ewe so she was well looked after.

The Hobbits helped me get her and her mum into the barn and a pen, so that we can keep an eye on her for 24 hours.

If the weather is fine tomorrow she and the 2 other lambs born this week will be let out of the barn to enjoy the big out doors.

Surprise arrival...

Checking on the first lamb that had been born in the morning at lunch time, we had a nice shock!!! Yellow Neck in the next pen to her sister had given birth to a lovely little ewe lamb. She wasn't due until tomorrow, so a day early is nothing to worry about.
Now the Hobbits are happy that the first lamb born now has a little friend to play with......

The first lamb arrives...

Early this morning a new ewe lamb was born in our cosy barn protected from the very strong winds and rain.

Here is a picture of her and with her mum

Next lamb is due tomorrow