This was a little highlight for me - the birth of a black lamb! Almost all of the Welsh lambs were born white, some with a brown collar, and the odd one with black speckles around the face or legs as a throwback to the old speckle type. This ewe lambed at night, and had difficulty lambing so I had to give her a helping hand (gosh, please excuse that pun!). The first lamb was so big that he had become stuck in the birth canal, and the ewe had pushed so hard that the second lamb was presenting all tangled up. It took me roughly 45 minutes to reposition her and deliver her, but how worthwhile it was when I saw her beautiful, glistening black coat!





Yes, I was slightly in love with her!





Welsh mountain types were not the only breed on the farm - this is an example of the afore mentioned Welsh speckle.



Perhaps the most interestingly marked sheep, this is a Torddu, or Welsh Badger-Faced, ewe and lamb; a small, hardy breed.








Some of the ewes were also crossed with a Charollais ram, a French breed that has been increasing in popularity in Britain since the 1960s. The photos show a Welsh/Charollais and a Torddu/Charollais cross lamb respectively:





More coming...