The very lovely people at Cosatto collected my pushchair on Tuesday and sent me a loan in its place. Today my pushchair came back, all fixed. One of the front wheels had broken and it made steering rather tricky. The girls and I had to wait in but luckily it came before lunch. I decided I would treat the girls and take them out to a nearby Open farm, as they had had to wait in two days this week for parcels.
The farm had several sheep all overdue with their lambs. It felt like sheep Maternity ward as we watched inside the barn. The sheep were enormous and you could tell uncomfortable. They would stand and we watched as their body seemed to move quickly, their ears would go back and they stood frozen almost panting, then go about normal sheep business before repeating the process. Many kept seemingly digging the straw in an attempt to get comfy.
Although we missed it by 5 minutes one sheep had just had triplets and earlier that morning another two births. We caught the end of one birth and its lovely to watch how instinct takes over in the sheep to mother and care for the little lambs.
My daughter loves the farm and was telling me all about the different animals. She really loved watching the pigs
I loved the cheeky goats
I think my daughters favourite part though other than the slides
was milking the cows
This day I love milking cows and new lambs
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What a great little farm and all the same animals as us! I can't wait for all our spring babies, it is such an exciting time of year to be involved with farming. I would love one of those cow milkers, that would be awesome! I am going to pin that one on my Coombe Mill wish list pinterest board if that is OK? Thank you for sharing on Country Kids.
ReplyDeleteI love going to lambing and watching the new lambs. I think you should have a cow milker and the overhead walk ways were so much fun too! Yes you can pin onto the board
Deleteawwww i used to love taking Burton to a farm park near us when he was younger but it shut down when Jenson came along sadly. i was smiling at your description of all those sheep as a sheep maternity wards lol. how wonderful that your daughter got to try her hand at milking a cow too! sounds like a really lovely trip x x
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely day out. It really reminded me of maternity ward with the sheep pacing up and down in labour. All that was missing was some birth balls
DeleteI love the farm park and seeing all the new baby animals. Such a fun day out. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteLove the new baby animals its so cute to see
DeleteWe're going to a farm next week so I can't wait now after reading your post. Love the way you described the pregnant sheep, I know ho that feels :D
ReplyDeleteI know how it feels all too well. Felt really sorry for the sheep they seemed so un comfy
DeleteWhat a great little place to explore. The girls love being near animals
ReplyDeleteIt is a lot of fun, did you have a good holiday?
Deleteawww how fun!!
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Melanie
The 5th Level of Motherhood
Thank you, really was fun. I am following back
DeleteWhat a wonderful post. Reminds me of when I was a kid and how much fun it was when we used to raise goats! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad I brought back happy memories. Raising goats sounds like fun!
Deletelooks like a lovely farm, great photos xx
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteHow lovely, it looks like you had a great time :). I do love this time of year xx
ReplyDeleteSpring is definitely coming when you see the lambs
DeleteThis has reminded me I must take my two to the farm soon. We live near a working farm so often see the cows but we also have a commercial farm nearby where kids can feed the lambs and goats xx
ReplyDeleteI should visit ours more often, they girls love it
DeleteWhat a brilliant day out. I love seeing little lambs x
ReplyDeleteWe had loads of fun and loved seeing the lambs
DeleteGreat day out, we love visiting local farms too :0)
ReplyDeleteMy eldest loves it
DeleteLayla this is such a lovely post, I think sometimes we miss the beauty in watching our children and seeing them learn. (i am very guilty of this) This is part of the reason i love you blog concept!
ReplyDeleteI would of loved to see the baby lambs being born!
Thanks so much for linking up today its a lovely #magicmoment :-) xx
Thanks, I loved watching her
DeleteWhat lovely pictures, and it sounds like they had an amazing time.
ReplyDeleteThanks was a lovely day
DeleteGreat post, sounds like a lovely day xx
ReplyDeleteThanks we had a great day
DeleteThe pictures are brilliant. Open farms are the most wonderful places for children, they look like they had so much fun
ReplyDeleteCant wait for weather to improve to go again
DeleteAh love spring and spring lambs, what a fabulous day out x
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteThis day I love comments and I read everyone