Yesterday however two new lambs turned up BUT these are for keeps! Mum and Dad decided that it might be nice to let these two become permanent residents.
They are both boys and about 6 weeks old, their breed is a Suffolk x - Suffolk's are renowned for growing and finishing (i.e. ready to be sold and eaten) quickly which is why Mark chose to use the breed - his lambs will be fed, grow and then will be making their way to the supermarket shelves. Our lambs will have a different fate and will be with us for a good while longer - lucky things!
They will need to be bottle fed twice a day but they are also being given 'nibblets' - a corn concentrate. They are living in the former pump house, a little brick building that used to house the pump workings when water was pumped from the streams to the farmhouse. Outside their barn Dad has fenced off a paddock so they can run and play.
We haven't given them names yet as I have challenged the children who are staying here this week to think of two good names - we'll wait and see. Titus wasn't too sure what to make of the lambs!
Kate
Poltarrow Farm
Self Catering Cottages and Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast in Cornwall
