I am so sorry, that sounds like a totaly nightmare
I hope things are getting a little easier

Oh Moobli, I'm sorry to hear this. I must admit I was not optimistic as to how you were getting on once I started hearing news from other farmers.

It must be sole destroying.

If you need more hands to help with the bottle feeding of the lambs I can probably spare a few hours over the weekend - just wish I could offer more help.

Oh Im so sorry to hear this,

huge hugs.

Thanks BenMc. Hopefully the better weather will help, and it should also get easier once our singles are born, as their mothers should be capable of taking care of them, without the need for us to remove and bottle feed so many of them. Thanks for thinking of us.

Thanks Fiona, that is really kind. We are just about coping at the moment, but if we do get a flood more lambs then I would definitely love for you to come over and feed a few hungry mouths. I will let you know. It would be great if we could find some temporary "foster" homes who could rear the lambs for us and then we would take them back, but unfortunately most people don't have the time or the space.

Thanks Shona. I bet your farmer friends are very pleased all their little ones are born and safe now.

its so much easier for them, they dont have hundreds of sheep, they do it all indoors, there lecky didnt pack in so they had heat lamps and so on. But even given all that, its still stressful, they are up for hours every night, I just cant imagine how hard it must be for you lot,
I have never had to do outdoor lambing, even the Farmer I went out with pulled his sheep in to lamb {again not many sheep }
It must be heartbreaking for you. x

What does a foster home need to have Kirsty? And how long would they be needed?

You know that Andy is at home (most of the time). We have a fenced in garden (though would have to give some thought about how to deal with the dogs).

A huge thanks again Fiona, for even considering it. However, to make it really worthwhile we would need someone who could take a good batch of lambs - say ten or more. A massive thanks again though.

awe hun, If I were not working so many hours now I would have took some from you the outdoor kennel {heated} and run would have worked ok for them for a few weeks....

Thanks Shona. Well we now have 14 (at the last count) pet lambs that are being bottle fed five times a day. Thankfully they are all learning to suck really well from the bottle, so the job is a little easier and less messy than when you are first training them to the bottle

They are real cuties and there are some definite characters coming through. I just hope they all make it, as there are so many things that can go wrong with lambs that haven't had their mothers milk.

Now just keeping our fingers crossed that the snow forecast for next week never comes, or we are bound to lose yet more lambs and ewes

I'd heard from someone else that there was some forecast too but wasn't sure how accurate it was so didn't have the heart to mention it to you. I really, really hope that it stays clear for you.