The ewes were scanned a month or so ago and marked with different colours according to the number of lambs they are carrying. The older ewes and the hill ewes expecting twins were all kept to one side and put in a field on their own. The hill ewes expecting singles were put back to the hill. The Cheviots and Zwartble ewes were put in another field and this week the young gimmers expecting their first lambs were separated from the others as they are going to come into the cattle shed and be looked after away from the watchful eye of the Hooded Crows and other large birds looking for easy pickings at lambing time.
