First Calf

Lambing is over and now it is time for the calves to be born. This morning, as I walked up over the hill and scanned the pasture to find the cows, there, bathed in sunlight on a south facing slope and lying close to his mother, was our first calf of the season, a little bull! His mother, whom I call Tutu, because her eartag number is 227, is very protective-generally a good thing, but not when you want to take a photo of her new calf. I managed to get one close up picture, but it is not great. Tutu didn't like my getting too close, so she and her calf wandered away. It is amazing to see a newborn animal lope along next to its mother. I snapped a shot of them off in the distance too.

Another lamb born

The weather is warmer and calm today- a good day for lambing and a male lamb was just born. Bill found him with his mother when he drove the tractor into the pasture to frost seed. Bill is spreading clover seed which will work its way into the soil as it freezes and thaws with the warmer days and cold nights. The legumes will provide protein for the sheep to graze and nitrogen for the grasses already in the pasture.


The lambs are growing quickly and have formed a little group as you can see.

Lambing Time

It's lambing time at Broadwater Farm! Our Dorset ewes are proving to be very good mothers. So far we have 9 lambs, and there are more on the way. We'll post some more photos of the lambs soon.