Aren't these just gorgeous? These are our latest additions, two new-born male lambs - with a rather apprehensive Mum looking on. She hasn't always been a good mother - last year she had a single and was OK but the first year, she had twin males and refused to have anything to do with them. We had to feed them by hand - luckily enough, we had a source of free cow's milk, so although it was hard work, the milk was free - in exchange for a box of persimmon fruit the following winter...
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
New lambs!
Aren't these just gorgeous? These are our latest additions, two new-born male lambs - with a rather apprehensive Mum looking on. She hasn't always been a good mother - last year she had a single and was OK but the first year, she had twin males and refused to have anything to do with them. We had to feed them by hand - luckily enough, we had a source of free cow's milk, so although it was hard work, the milk was free - in exchange for a box of persimmon fruit the following winter...
Labels:
farming,
lambing,
lambs,
self-sufficiency
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