Well - two wet and windy months later and I can happily update that after scanning just over 100 ewes today all the tups have done well, and Toddy has four sets of twins and four singles due so far, with five more shetlands to scan in early February, though he has also been running with eleven of our smaller ewe lambs too, in the hope of giving them a small lamb for an easy first lambing.
Over fifty ewes have been housed for three weeks now, as we battled constantly with muddy fields and the threat of flooding. The remainder have constant access to a shed with haylage feeders and it is amazing how much they use it. It makes all the difference to them to be able to lie down somewhere dry.
A lot of our sheep have suffered a terrible eye infection known as 'pink eye', caused largely by the wind and rain (storm blindness) - we treat with various different antibiotics, creams and sprays, and in the worst cases long acting antibiotic injection. Some really struggle to fight it off and need extra special care - but we are good at that here, so our vet says anyway!!