Lambing Season - Twins
Lambing season is drawing to a close here on Farm Lightening (hee, hee, wonder what Farmboy would think if he knew I’d renamed his farm????) .
The other day Farmboy and his brother had all the ewes in with their lambs and Farmboy was able to count how many lambs he has this year. He was extremely happy with our final lambing percentage for the year which was well over 100%. Meaning we had a lot of twins born this year.
Twins are great. You kind of get two for the price of one.
Of course, they do come with their own risks. It’s not unusual for Farmboy to have to assist a mother with giving birth to a second lamb.
It’s a busy time for Farmboy as he needs to keep a closer eye on the sheep than usual. Not that he’s out there with them all the time or anything but he likes to check them at least once a day.
This photo shows two very newborn lambs that Farmboy delivered. It’s not very clear because it’s been taken from quite a distance back. It’s important not to get too close to newborn lambs and their mother. But if you look closely, you can see that the lambs are still partly covered in blood and afterbirth.
Lambs are one of my favourite part of living on a farm. They are so cute running around after their mums in the paddock. 
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lambs are so funny to watch playing!
Aww - aren’t they cute!!!
Love signs of new life.
Do you end up with many pet lambs? I’m sure I’ve told you about our neurotic pet lamb who thinks she’s human. But she’s earned her keep, giving birth to twins this year…although I have to wonder what she was thinking of the ram, who she doesn’t even recognise as her species….hmmm….
Nope, never done the pet lamb thing. Farmboy says it’s too expensive to feed them. And I’m too lazy.
We did it more for the kids than anything. You can’t grow up on a farm and never have a pet lamb! Even if she is neurotic and eats your flowers and your toilet paper.
LOL. We might do it one day. When the kids are big enough and interested enough that THEY can do the work.