Shepherd trudges through the snow searching for newborn lambs as she reveals how April’s freak icy weather has endangered farm animals
- Series of clips posted to Twitter shows Hannah Jackson traipsing through snow
- Her first tweet of three read: ‘A small glimpse into my slightly chaotic morning’
- The weather weakened today and looks set to be the end of the snow in Cumbria
A shepherd from Cumbria has shown the toll adverse weather conditions has taken on her farm animals and her work load during lambing season.
A series of clips posted to Twitter shows Hannah Jackson traipsing through thick snow in search of her day-old lamb at Brookside Farm in Croglin, Carlisle – and then finding an extra two which were unexpected.
Her first tweet read: ‘A small glimpse into my slightly chaotic morning. Battling the unexpected 7 inches of snow fall with sheep lambing.’
Hannah Jackson, a Cumbrian farmer and shepherd, shared her lambing season on Twitter
‘It’s like being in a winter wonderland…in April!’ she said in the clip, adding: ‘It’s getting a bit silly now that they’re being born in this weather.’
The weather weakened today and looks set to be the end of the snow in Cumbria for now, and Ms Jackson will be thankful having survived lambing season unscathed.
The farmer also revealed she had to give some lambs made-to-measure jackets to protect them from the cold and said that the lamb that she was searching for may well have died if it wasn’t for the tiny jacket.
Ms Jackson also revealed she got made-to-measure jackets to save her young lambs from cold
As her shed filled up with animals who needed to be taken in for extra warmth, Ms Jackson revealed that for the lambs’ safety she also put environmentally friendly water-proof coats on them so their coats didn’t get wet and cause them harm.
Ms Jackson was praised for her work protecting the animals from the snow, while another farmer told Sky News that rain is also a ‘worrying’ factor.
Andrea Meanwell, another shepherd, said: ‘We had some lambs born yesterday, and we have brought them inside because they got wet.
‘We put them in a warming box and then under a heat lamp to dry. We also gave them extra milk.’
Despite heavy snow not expected any time soon, the Met Office still had a yellow weather warning in place today.
A mother and her lambs in the safety of Ms Jackson’s shed at her farm in Cumbria
Sheep stand in a flock on a snow covered meadow on a cold spring day on Brookside Farm in Croglin, Carlisle