Joys of lambing in ice cold rain at Incheoch | The Scottish Farmer
You find us peak-outdoor-lambing, the evening following what has been the worst lambing-time storm for a good few years – so this might be brief! By all accounts we were lucky, with folk to the south getting more rain, and I can see fresh snow just a little further up Glenisla. We had about an inch of rain I believe, but it was driven by a very strong, cold wind. I’m sure I’ve lambed in snow and been less cold. There have been losses, but it is certainly not catastrophic, although experience has taught us that lambs born in these conditions seem to be susceptible to problems further...
Source: thescottishfarmer.co.uk
