Fluffy flock hellos! March is an unpredictable month here. At 1100ft above sea level, we can experience a beautiful sunny mild day, and the next a snow storm ... which is exactly what's happened this week!

Our days are really busy at the moment; cleaning, feeding and keeping a very close eye on all the ewes. It's a time to get organised, restock the lambing kit, and this month I'll share a new blog of my tried and tested life saver wins in my Lambing bag, and my run-up preparations for our pet babydoll lambing season.

March days begin and end with feeding the ewes carefully calculated extra nutrition. I individually tailor the amount of extra concentrate, on the number of lambs they are expecting, the ewes' age, and their general condition. Having a small flock of pet sheep means you can hand-feed and bucket feed each sheep, avoiding communal trough feeding where the larger or dominate girls barging and eating the neighbour's portion. Getting this right is one of the keys to helping the ewe have an unassisted safe birth and lambing strong, healthy lambs full of vigor!

The girls expecting twins are sunuggled up inside the barn - the majority being our mature ewes and the gimmers and singles are just outside in the orchard. They'll move inside next week.

​The countdown to April 1st begins!

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