Anyone looking at the pregnant ewes desperately trying to eat the hay wouldn't think there is a whole row of hay windbreaks round the corner they can feed from as much as they like!
Little lamb picking up a bit and starting to stand

Tiny twin 2 slow to get up so need to keep close eye on him to ensure feeding well in next few hours. Hurdles quickly formed a pen with hay bales as windbreak
Also kept other ewes away as they try to get near the amniotic fluid on membranes & grass

After settling Dorothy & twins, then checking rams I come back to house & hear a newborn bleating loudly
In corner of field by house Ivy had popped out her twins clearly in quick succession
Tiny 2nd twin was shouting objection to being ignored & un-licked in bitter northerly wind

It is COLD here in Orkney with the strong northerly wind
Dorothy has few teeth left so moved her onto lovely fresh grass in a pen with shelter. Mum & daughters seem very happy. After years of single males, being a fantastic mum, she has given us 2 potential breeding ewes :-)

As anticipated Dorothy lambed overnight. Lovely pair of twins. She's our oldest ewe at 9 so I'll keep an eye on things over next few hours & possibly move her to a field pen with good grass & a shelter just to give her a boost & check all well with the lambs

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Friddy (Kornelie's mother) has just popped out a lovely lively pair of good sized twins. Quick labour- she's got them in a well sheltered spot. Great mother who has had twins before so they should all be fine in that spot overnight. Father is Corin, same as for Kornelie's lamb

A lovely photo of another pair of twins from the Lochend flock in Shapinsay. This is ewe Clare & father of these fine male lambs is L.Cedric who has unusual tan markings on him, so his nickname is Erik the Red.

Update on Kornelies's lovely ewe lamb. I always keep a closer eye on lambs from 1st time mothers. I don't know how good a mother they will be. Well I think young Kornelie deserves a gold star. She's very protective, her lamb is alert & active & passing meconium

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Also we rely on our Muslim population to buy a lot of our production of lamb, which at this time of year, end of Ramadan, goes up, along with the price.

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It is sad this thread needed to be written in response to some ideological nonsense about the essential role of grazing animals in biodiversity, provision of nutritious food, & ignorance of the natural biogenic carbon cycle.
Some very good information in the thread & comments