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Spring has sprung at Lower Shaw Farm
Lou the lamb has produced two babies of her were born and their lovely mother, black Lou,
own, four years after she was orphaned when licked them clean. Soon, the two new-born
dogs savaged her own mother. males were up on their unsteady feet, nuzzling
Brought to the farm as a tiny bundle of shiver- their mother’s flank in search of a milk-rich teat.’
ering wool Lou, a black Welsh ewe crossed with By the time you read this the lambs will be
a Jacobs, was kept warm in front of a Rayburn gambolling about enjoying spring warmth.
cooker and bottle fed by volunteers. Meet them at the Lower Shaw Farm Com-
Now a full grown ewe, she produced two sturdy munity Cafe on Wednesdays, from 10am to 2pm.
male lambs in the early hours of Tuesday 16 April, The farm is located in Old Shaw Lane, West
without any human intervention. Lower Shaw Swindon. Tel: 01793 771080.
Farm resident Matt Holland was lyrical in his www.lowershawfarm.co.uk
delight, writing: 'Never was the sky so blue and Left, Amy Goodbere and Andrea Hirsch holding
we have news for you. the half day old yet to be named lambs.
'Last night, at Lower Shaw Farm, two lambs See more pictures at: www.bit.ly/LSFlambs

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