Two rare-breed lambs born at petting farm after ewe jumps into ram enclosure
The farm runs breeding programmes each year but the Shalais lambs were an unscheduled arrival
Farmer Palmer's used to be a working dairy farm but 25 years ago the family decided to change and become a petting zoo attraction.Mrs Palmer-Snellin explained: "We've got a number of different types of sheep and goats."The Shetland sheep are kept in a separate pen but one of the females must have been full of the joys of spring and quite determined."
The ewe, which does not have a name, jumped the fence and because she is smaller than the Valais ram - named Hank - who fathered the lambs, she was not spotted by staff straight away.Mrs Palmer-Snefflin continued: "You only need a couple of hours for the deed to be done, so we only realised when a couple of weeks ago she gave birth to the cutest little lambs.
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