A family were left stunned after one of their sheep gave birth to rare twin lambs which were born completely different colours - one black and one white.
Tracey Simpson went to bed on Saturday night (15/3) knowing one of her ewes was due to give birth any minute at their farm in Wem, Shrops.
But she was unprepared to find the two lambs in the field the next morning – one black male and a white female.
Tracey Simpson went to bed on Saturday night (15/3) knowing one of her ewes was due to give birth any minute at their farm in Wem, Shrops.
But she was unprepared to find the two lambs in the field the next morning – one black male and a white female.
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00:00 I'm here with Holly and Elizabeth. What's going on here today with these lambs?
00:05 They're very rare. So one of them was born with black hair and one of them was born with white.
00:11 This one's called Freddie and this one's Maisie.
00:14 And when were they born?
00:16 Saturday.
00:17 Wow.
00:18 Saturday. So you're saying it's quite rare to have white and a black one?
00:25 Yes, so only 25% of sheep are born with black hair so it's quite rare to be born with black hair and especially one with white.
00:33 Oh goodness me. Do you have much to do with the sheep here then, do you?
00:37 We normally don't but since these lambs have been born we've basically helped with I think every single one.
00:43 Oh wow.
00:44 With having their tails and...
00:46 And how many lambs have you got here at the moment?
00:49 One, two... wait, we've got six at the moment.
00:52 You've named them all, haven't you?
00:53 Yeah, we've named them all.
00:54 Do you know them all?
00:55 Yeah, Olivia, Sean, Sean the sheep, Flola, Ellie, Maisie and Freddie at the moment.
01:05 Well they look great, they certainly look happy and comfortable there.
01:09 I hope they are.