Tagging

I made the 6am feed a little bleary eyed this morning after a late night  (and slightly too much red wine) chatting about Lambs.

It was then back down to the field with Louise and Elaine at 9 to tag all 20 lambs - a steep learning curve but we got them all done with little stress or discomfort to them. The big ones were first and we quickly got the hang of catching and holding them still. It did become more challenging when we got down to the last few big ones and catching the last one would have made great 'You've Been Framed' materiel!!

The little ones were much easier to catch but more wriggly and harder to hold still. We took the opportunity to check all was OK down below and that their hooves, navels and bottoms were all clean.

The whole process took about an hour and a half and by the end of it, I was well and truly covered in mud, sheep wee and poo and iodine.

Pictures and video of the proceedings below.