Matilda's mum only has half a working udder so we're bottle feeding
Matilda twice a day at Watermill Cottages smallholding and teaching her to eat lamb food... She comes
running and bouncing when you call her name... why does bottle feeding a
lamb make everyone so happy!
Teaching Matilda to eat solids is not easy - she is easily distracted and likes to jump for joy... the Belted Galloways, last year's calves, are not impressed... Matilda was born in mid-February, she's thriving we're happy to report. She's in the sheep shed at the moment but shall soon be in the field next to the kitchen garden, behind Barleycorn Cottage, where there's plenty of fresh grass for a growing lamb and her mum.
Welcome to our newest arrival, a happy healthy little white bull calf born ten days ago.
Mum and calf doing well in this long fabulous Devon summer sunshine at Watermill Cottages rural coastal retreat.
Now, what shall we call him? Any ideas?
