General Chat

Hubby was out walking this morning with dog and saw 2 new born lambs......Anyone else seen any??

jude sarf wales :o)

morning Jude. Haven't seen any yet. xx

All of our sheep used to be born over Christmas and New Year... (for the Easter market). They were kept in though...

They are so cute, a sign of spring being nearly here.

Tina x

l can remember seeing them early last yr but did'nt think it was this early - unless my memory fingy is having probs!!

Morning Carole - you ok??

jude:o) x

oh I adore little lambs - a real sign of Spring along with daffodils and snowdrops - I often think it's such a shame that such pretty little creatures turn into such grim looking adults!

Awww bless em:o((((

jude :o) x

I am in Somerset - and saw a few before Christmas!

Oh eck never seen them that early:o))

Another farm in the village has quite a few, ours were born early Feb last year. This year we kept the rams away as wanted our lambs born in March,when the weather will be better(I hope)
Ewes will hang on if weather not good but we keep ours in for a few days to give them a good start.
When I see all the newborns I want ours to start :)))))

Ann, the pretty white ones you see on ads, I wonder how much stuff they put on to make them white as all our are quite grey and mukky :)))))
xx Jill

Jill & Tina - l'll probably sound daft now, don't know much about sheep - but how many seasons do the Ewes have a yr??

jude :o)

Not seen any yet. They are so cute and I refuse to eat them :((
I used to live on a farm and bottle fed the orphans.

Marion

Mmmmm

Mint Sauce....


Sue xx

I have 15 ewes that are due to lamb in February, and I have felt so sorry for them in this weather that at the weekend, brought them in to the barn to have a bit of pampering before the due date!!! lol The rest aren't due to lamb until April, so hopefully the sun will be shining then.........

Jxx

Jill - you are so right about fluffy white sheep - here in Wales so many of them look as if their Mum's do not use Persil

Jude, we only have 10 in all as most of them are pets :))) but ours come into season Oct / Nov and just have the one season.

Sue, one of our rams is called Minty as when we first got him he was for the chop but I couldnt eat anything that had a name; He now lives a lovely life in our fields and has the pick of the ewes :))))

xx Jill

We bred our own lambs and I wish we could afford to buy the cuts we used to enjoy. We ate everything we bred including goat (which we love)...

The price of lamb is truly shocking...

Moan over...lol

Sue xx

Do you like haggis Sue?

Marion,

Only had it once and that was many years ago..I have eaten everything that resembled meat that has been put in front of me when on hols.

I tend not to enquire to deeply as to exactly what it might be...lol although I did baulk at a sheep's head once, just ate the cheeks and shuffled the rest around on the plate

Sue xx

I havn't seen any personally but a farmer near me lost 20 lambs and 10 yews last week when they were savaged by 2 rottweilers (not sure if spelling correct) how terrible is that.

Val - god thats horrible - hope the dogs were caught and dealt with. 20 lambs and 10 ewes is a hell of lot Poor animals and the farmer.

Jill- thank you for the info:o)) How lucky is Minty:o))

SueM - we used to have goats, called Gert & Daisy:o))

Haggis - had it once years ago, can't remember what it was like though, quite rich if l remember right!

Jules - you softie:o)

Can you all let us know when the lambs are born as and when, please:o))

jude sarf wales:o) x