Two New Lambs Down on the Farm

After my parents decided back in 1998 to subdivide our 16acre home block into three 5acre lifestyle blocks and subsiquently disband our export quality orchard (which I had only ever known for 21 years), it was almost the start of a transformation into a “Mini Farm” in New Zealand terms.

These days Dad operates his own building company and runs about 120 sheep off our three 4acre paddocks in his spare time.

Today we went out to round up the current 20 flock for dagging (sheep term for a Brazilian shave) and found two additional little ones! One we think was born within that last week as it is skipping around the paddock like a new kid on the block (paddock) but the other looked as if it had been born today!

Once Dad checked through his “Good Sheep Farming Guide” we relised that there haven’t been any funny games in our paddocks but before they arrived.

So tonight we’re hoping the little one is going to servive the night tucked up in a bundle of freshly shaved sheep’s wool but as from tomorrow onwards, I could be responsible for bottle feeding it. Which is a far cry from the hussle and bussle of London life only two weeks ago.