Städte             Ferne Länder

I was really lucky to help my friends feeding her little lambs one day. They are all orphan lambs from a local farmer here in Dumfries and Galloway. Their mothers (ewes) most likely either died giving birth (sheep are very prone to complications) or rejected them (which is very common as well, especially if the mum had twins. She will accept one and reject the other, refusing to feed it).

My friend took them on because rejected/orphaned lambs often die as the farmers don’t have time and can’t afford to nurse each one individually. She is keeping them in order to build up a flock of her own as she enjoys keeping sheep, so some of them will be staying on as breeding stock.

There will also be one or two (named Flopsy and Tod) who will be kept as pets, as they are very attached to people and have really lovely little personalities.