first time lambing assistant

first time lambing assistant

Sunday 28 February 2016

First lamb of the season


It's a boy!

This little lamb arrived this morning. Our grain barn has been transformed into a lambing shed and the ewes are ready to give birth.

Lamb number 1 will stay with his mum in a pen for a couple of days until he is steady on his feet and then they will both go back in a field together.

We have 140 ewes in the lambing shed at the moment and a further 58 in a field which aren't due to give birth until mid April.

I will take our SLR camera into the barn over the next few days and take some better photos of the babies and our set up.

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Let's get lambing 2016!


I am Laura. I live on farm in Kent with my fiancé Archie.

We are due to start lambing some 200 ewes in a few weeks time.

This will be my first time as a lambing assistant, so I decided to start a blog to map my progress and demonstrate what actually happens from start to finish.

Good luck to all my fellow lambing assistants this year!