Lambing day 15 & 16. Snow and Lambing Don't Mix, Tough Times...

[@k.c.sunshine1934]

I enjoyed your video down-under. Beautiful land, beautiful animals. I love seeing the lamb's tails wag when they are bottle fed.

[@TifJones-p8s]

Been thinking about you both when I saw the weather forecast and was hoping the weather people got it wrong again - keep your chins up you are doing a great job in a difficult time - lets hope the weather turns sunny again quickly

[@NZKaz]

As soon as i saw the news reports of snow i thought of you guys a s hoped you and the stock wwre all good!

[@colinwientjens1871]

The ppl staying in the hill house must have loved it with the n Snow up there! Beautiful spot if you don’t have to work in it 🤣🤣

[@kiwifarmernz]

They did love it, something very different

[@colinwientjens1871]

@@kiwifarmernz awesome. My boys loved just seeing snow in the video 🤣🤣

[@SilasStedman]

Been thinking of you all today. Heard you on RNZ. Seen the snow pictures on the news tonight. Trust the snow does not last too long. Keep warm in the house!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Thanks Fer doing your lambing videos everyday or other day. Keeps us going along with you guys.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Not a problem. Thanks for watching them all.

[@johannesels5288]

Thinking of you and the lambs all day and the other hurdles the cold and snow bring. Looks like there is some relief towards the weekend after another cold one tonight. 🤞

[@deedawson6074]

Great footage and views, during trying times. Lucky folk at the Hill Top. Noisy pet lambs lol. Was talking to some one at choir tonight and she had 10 lambs in the house!

[@drumsandstix128]

looks like a pretty rough time of year mate, snow plus lambs. It requires you to make some important decisions pretty quickly over when and how to intervene with the stock in regard to their health and their medical situation. Reminds me of Accident and Emergency departments!...Good luck with it!

[@brendont1082]

Great video Alistair I agree about the weather forecast it like the boy that cried wolf and we all end up getting caught out

[@bugmouthready529]

Shes going to be a cold one tonight. Good job on the radio this morning

[@azamyahmad]

Another beautiful sharing adventure upload and as always beautiful camera work .. and gorgeous views countryside content video and thanks again

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks mate

[@alisoncherry65]

Heck shorts and a t shirt brrrrrrrr

[@kiwifarmernz]

Only sometimes, mainly when I'm in the tractor with a heater

[@liambrown1239]

We had 30mls in one hour and nearly 140mls over the weekend in Tararua District

[@kiwifarmernz]

That's a lot of rain. Hope there was no damage

[@liambrown1239]

@@kiwifarmernz town flooded pretty bad and a few slips around but I think we got off a little lucky as most farmers expected worse.

[@patrickaherne3598]

Rough conditions, too bad about the lambs.

[@andrewjohnston5678]

Have you ever considered using plastic lamb coats We use them here in the uk They help to keep the lambs dry and warm

[@kiwifarmernz]

Do you use them in the paddock. When would you take them off?

[@beejayem42]

👍🐨

[@mauricen9926]

As someone new to raising livestock, why is is that we lamb at winter? We are in Tas and everyone here also lambs when there is risk of snow and frost.

[@kiwifarmernz]

Thanks for your comment. I will address this in an upcoming video

[@Will.i.am123]

Why start lambing so early doesn't make sense to me

[@SilasStedman]

It's not early lambing. Anyway you can get snow storms later anyway.

[@kiwifarmernz]

It can snow in Canterbury between April and October. Or not at all.

[@Will.i.am123]

@@SilasStedman it's still winter

[@kiwifarmernz]

There is quite bit involved in selecting a lambing date. Not just as simple as saying we will lamb in Spring ect. I can explain it in a video if you would like

[@Will.i.am123]

@@kiwifarmernz that would make for a good video, I always wondered why take the risk and loose lambs in the cold