[Bramblecot]

Get your neighbour to tag him with 2 tags - otherwise you will end up buying a tagger yourself.  Lucky little chap to have found you

[Whittsend]

Day four, and things are going well. Dylan( I've dared to give him a name now) is feeding every four hours and he is taking the bottle well. I have arranged to take him to the vet at 11o'clock today to have a castration ring put on. It feels really mean but if he is castrated I can give him a permanent home. The vet is going to talk to me about working out a vaccination programme as well.
Reading the posts about lambing problems makes my worries seem insignificant and I am  even more grateful for the time people have taken to reply to me when they have so much going on on their own smallholdings.
I really hope that there are more happy outcomes than heartwrenchingly sad ones.  Coping with anxiety and lack of sleep for a good outcome makes it worthwhile but when the outcomes are so poor it must be dreadful. Good luck with what is still to come.xx Alison