Two sets of sextuplet lambs born in Meath
Bernard Fox's Belclare-cross ewe and six lambs, pictured with May, Brian, Rosie and Bernard. Two ewes in Meath have given birth to sextuplets (six) in the past two weeks on farms in Kildalkey and Longwood. Bernard Fox told the Irish Farmers Journal that his Belclare-cross ewe had been scanned with four lambs. “The ewe lambed on Wednesday 24 February and it was some surprise to see six lambs at foot. The most I’d ever seen before was five. “My neighbours, Shane and Pauric Monaghan, are doing their Leaving Cert and have been helping me lamb while studying at home. “The two boys lambe...
Source: farmersjournal.ie