11 lambing pictures to make you smile

There’s nothing quite like lambing when it comes to long hours, sleep deprivation and frozen hands and feet!

But it’s also an exciting time, often peppered with humour. Here is a selection of photos uploaded to our gallery by readers who have captured the lighter side.

See also: Hhow lambing out at grass can save on labour

9.5kg

Steph Watkins holds a ewe lamb born at 9.5kg. It was sired by a Border Leicester ram and a Suffolk cross Charollais ewe. Thanks to Bryan for the picture.

© Bryan

Full-time sheepdog, part-time nurse maid

“Full-time sheepdog, part-time nurse maid” was the title given to this shot by Jessica Armstrong.

It shows Mouse, the border collie, enjoying some March sun with Sparky, the house lamb, who was recovering from a fractured leg.

© Jessica Armstrong

Orphan lamb

“Orphan lambs will suck on anything, including your nose!” says Cate Williams, who uploaded the image to the gallery.

“This little fella is part of a 180-strong flock of Mules in the north of Ceredigion, West Wales, on a family-run farm and livery yard.”

© Cate Williams

Twins and lamb

A lovely image of twins feeding twins. It shows Cecily and Viola feeding two cade Shropshire Sheep “Dolly and Kenny”.

Thanks to Helen Hulme for sharing it.

© Helen Hulme

Glamping

“One of our orphan lambs took up residence in a Lamlac sack that had fallen into its pen after I had filled the milk machine,” says Glenys Wyeth.

She calls the photo “Glamping”.

© Glenys Wyeth

Sunny winter’s day

There was more than a hint of spring in the air when this cute shot was taken on a “gorgeous, sunny winter’s day” in North Wales by Natalie Ingman.

© Natalie Ingman

Valentine’s Day

This lamb was born last season, but its distinctive markings prompted Chloe Athay to share her photo in the gallery a few weeks ago on Valentine’s Day.

© Chloe Athay

Automatic lamb warmers

Elsie Bingham, in Lincolnshire, warms up a lamb that its mother wouldn’t take, before trying to adopt it.

The shot was captured by David, who calls it “Automatic lamb warmers”.

© David

Laughing Larry

Teresa O’Neill and ‘Laughing Larry’ the Lamb share a joke.

© Teresa O’Neill

Mother’s ears

“Definitely got her mother’s ears,” says Kathryn Thompson of this lamb, the first of 2022, for the Eastbury Blue Texel flock.

© Kathryn Thompson

Spotted lambs

“These are lambs from our Spruit Dutch Spotted flock enjoying their first venture out onto our pastures in Leicestershire,” says Gemma Stanford.

© Gemma Stanford

“These are lambs from our Spruit Dutch Spotted flock enjoying their first venture out onto our pastures in Leicestershire,” says Gemma Stanford.