Torch beam in a lambing shed at night

October 10, 2026 · 11 min

A night in the shed: what I check and when

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October 2026

2 videos

  1. Getting the lambing shed ready

    Straw, pens, lamps and a shelf of kit. How I set the shed up a month before the first lamb.

    Morag in her lambing shed doorway
  2. Helping a lamb that is slow to feed

    A warm lamp, a little colostrum and a steady hand. What I do in the first hour.

    Newborn twin lambs under a heat lamp