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A ewe beaut result
7 Jul 2004
When Hamilton farmer Don Collins checked on his lambing ewes two weeks ago, he found a bundle of bleating woolly ears and limbs which unravelled to reveal five newborn lambs. The quintuplets were born to a Coopworth ewe and Dorset ram and are the first that Don has ever heard of, despite Coopworth ewes being known for multiple births.
The lambs were being well cared for by their mother, who established a rotation feeding system for the newborns. But unfortunately one of the lambs was found drowned in a puddle last week and the fate of the others is not much brighter - they're being reared for the fat lamb market.
Weekly Times, 7/7/04, page 6.
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