I study animal welfare and as part of my dissertation have been assisting with lambing on a farm, and I can honestly say it has been one of the best times of my life!
Walking up to the farm each day I had to pinch myself to believe that I was awake and really seeing the beautiful Scottish countryside!
This was my view of the hills at 6:30 on morning...
One day it began to snow. Despite being cold it seemed very cosy inside our barn, and the beauty of the farm under it's snowy blanket, I feel, cannot be disputed...
A view of the driveway into the farm.
As someone who has never really worked with sheep before, this experience held lots of new and exciting things for me. I assisted some of the lambs with suckling, guiding them to their mother's udder and helping them to latch on, as a couple of them couldn't quite get the hang of it. It was so satisfying when one would finally start to suckle, and you could feel their little bellies getting full and round!
This little boy was fine at sucking, but mama didn't have a lot of milk, so we helped her out a bit.
Lambing is over now, and despite the fact that I now have time to post on here (and sleep!) I'm gonna miss my little lambies. They were so much fun to watch and each one had their own little personalities. So anyway, that's why I haven't been on here in a while, and I leave you now with a few more cute lamb pics!
Hope you enjoyed that! I promise to not leave it so long next time!
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