[shep53]

Glad that your happy now      I have 3or 4 lambs every year and they all do fine .     Your lamb at 2wks old is only just nibbling grass as shown by mum but until circa 8wks old can't utilise it fully  and cud .     IT might be that 1q was swollen because the lamb only sucked on one side often single lambs only stay on one side and the other just dries up

[Treud na Mara]

Well - the 'little 'un' seems to be doing fine. Only problem is he doesn't have any play mates as the other lambs are much too grown up for racing around and jumping. He has had a fair bit of butting from everyone else in the field. Maybe Ducks, as in ugly duckling, would be a good name for him! He does seem to be growing pretty well though even if he never makes it to the sheep equivalent of 'a very fine swan indeed'.