This is the hilarious moment a dozen hungry sheep got the better of a clumsy woman – trampling her when she lost her footing while feeding them.
Mother-of-two Kathryn Biddulph, 49, and her husband Tony, 48, of Welshpool, Wales, were tending to the pregnant ewes when the mishap occurred.
As she stepped over their trough, the retired nurse lost her footing and toppled over, sending her tub of ewe nuts flying.
She then ended up lying helplessly in the hay, although the animals had no sympathy.
Mother-of-two Kathryn Biddulph, 49, of Welshpool, Wales, approaches the trough with a bucket as she tries to feed the pregnant ewes
While stepping over the trough, she trips – sending the ewe nuts in the bucket flying. Her husband, Tony, watches in horror as his wife is pinned down by the sheep
The retired nurse struggles to get back up as the flock heads for the trough, and surrounding hay on the ground, to find their food
Mr Biddulph, 48, races over to assist his clumsy wife, who then bends over in a fit of giggles
The struggle was caught on CCTV and shows the 12 famished sheep clambering over Ms Biddulph in their relentless bid to get to the food.
Unable to get up, she attempts to crawl free but in the end is forced to await her husband’s rescue, as the duo battle the flock.
Ms Biddulph was eventually freed and returned home to laugh at the footage on their computer.
Her husband said: ‘This just shows how chaotic lambing season is. Kathryn managed to get up and found it hilarious. Luckily she wasn’t injured.
Ms Biddulph (above) and IT consultant Tony gave up their old jobs to embrace life on a smallholding five years ago
The Biddulphs (pictured) have 30 ewes and are expecting 50 lambs. They also own chickens and some horses
‘We’re lambing at the moment so we’ve got the ewes all in the barn ready to give birth.
‘Twice a day we feed them ewe nuts and they get very hungry. I was doing those that had given birth in the stalls and Kathryn was doing the ewes in the trough.
‘There’s a certain way of feeding them. You’re meant to run around so they follow you, then you run down the trough pouring the nuts so they don’t catch you.
‘But as she ran down, she lost her footing and was thrust under the sheep.’
In the clip, Ms Biddulph is charged at by her ewes as they climb over her to get at the feed.
As Mr Biddulph manages to wrestle them off his wife, she luckily escapes before bending over in a fit of giggles.
He said: ‘As Kathryn fell, she spilled all the nuts on to the straw, so that’s all they were interested in.
The pair now devote their lives to tending to the animals, particularly during lambing season
‘They pinned her down so I rushed over and tried to manhandle them away, but they’re very strong. I got hold of the bucket then so that was it, they were after me.
‘We then went inside to watch the CCTV to see what happened for a bit of entertainment. You’ve got to have a sense of humour when you’re working day and night.’
Ms Biddulph and IT consultant Tony gave up their old jobs to embrace life on a smallholding five years ago.
Since then, they have dedicated 24 hours a day to tending to their animals, especially during lambing season.
Mr Biddulph said: ‘I think this kind of thing happens to most people who farm or have smallholdings quite regularly – we just managed to catch it on camera.
‘We currently have 30 ewes and we’re expecting 50 lambs. We’ve got about 12 left to lamb now. We’ve got a couple of horses and some chickens – it’s a nice balance.’