Young country diary: Not just one newborn lamb, but two! | Levi

Glossop, Derbyshire: We were watching the farmer feeding the younger sheep outside, when suddenly her alarm went offAs the mid-afternoon mist came down upon us, we drove over the picturesque rolling hills. The car jolted from side to side on the craggy, treacherous ground. We came to a stop at a farm and a farmer greeted us with a warm welcome. She led us into an old, creaking barn with friendly cows and a small flock of sheep laying beside their wobbly little lambs. We went outside and across the yard to see the two dominant male sheep in a massive field. It was feeding time, so the farmer poured feed into buckets as they nudged her legs.She then fed the younger sheep in the opposite field, throwing them pellets like a thousand bullets firing over the wall. Suddenly, her phone went off like a siren, warning her that a baby lamb was being born. Continue reading...