Highlea Farm

27/09/2026

Nothing says Spring like working hard to save hypothermic lambs born during a snowstorm.

18/09/2026

Month old chicks first time out on the sun 😎☀️

19/08/2026

I need to get some new pic's up. We have a bit of good news and we are up to our knees in lambs. It's been quite a busy few days since Sunday.

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14/08/2026

Also on Thursday the first of the white mob dropped her lamb.

14/08/2026

Thursday.

12/08/2026

Wednesday; another day another set of twin lambs. Almost a tragedy. The first was out no problem. All that was visible of the second one was the toes of one foot, pointing down. That's a back leg; a breech birth. Prompt action saved the situation. Pictures tomorrow when they have settled.

10/08/2026

The excitement continues. Overnight Daisy surprised us by giving birth to this beautiful White Park heifer. Sadly there is a downside. Daisy had delivered twins. The other was a bull calf that wasn't alive. Any female that is a twin with a male has a 90% chance of being sterile (known as a 'Freemartin'). This is due to the exchange of male hormones via a shared placenta.

10/08/2026

The pace is picking up. Today we have Caramel safely delivering triplets.

09/08/2026

A White Park birth to catch up. Princess Moonflower delivered this girl at 11 pm on 7 November last year. Staying with the names this is Candytuft.

09/08/2026

And we have a start. The first lambs of 2026. We put all our black (and brownish) ewes with a jet black ram and our first lambs are a pigeon pair.