Lambcam 2023
We’re delighted to say that #lambcam is coming back and it’s guaranteed to brighten up your day! You can follow all the action live from the lambing shed at St Fagans National Museum of History.
Join us as we celebrate the start of Spring with our annual baby boom!
Live from the Lambing Shed
Lambcam is brought to you by a small but dedicated team. Once things get going there are experienced staff on hand during the day and through the night. As well as the area you can see on camera, there are separate nursery sheds for the ewes and their lambs. The team will always assess the needs of the whole flock and prioritise the most vulnerable. A very sick newborn lamb that needs tube feeding may be taking precedence over a ewe in labour. Remember that there may be a staff member just out of shot watching on.
More answers on the Lamb blog
Lambcam Extra
News and updates from beyond the lambing shed
Got a question or suggestion about what you'd like to see? Send it to lambing@museumwales.ac.uk (and we'll try our best!!)
Comments - (240)
We've had another shift around this morning to bring all the expectant ewes to the bigger Lambcam shed.
The ewes expecting twins and triplets are now at either end of the shed, with the ewes expecting a single lamb in the middle pen.
Thank you very much for extending the lamb cam very much appreciated
Good evening Lambcammers.
The live stream from our lambing shed is due to come to an end tonight. Our ewes have lambed a bit slower than expected this year and we have over 140 lambs still to come.
So we’re not quite ready to finish just yet, and are pleased to confirm that we will be extending Lambcam until 8pm Friday 24 March.
We’ll be back from 8am tomorrow morning to bring you the latest from the lambing shed.
Good morning, having watched the poor ewe trying to give birth to her 3 babies...so happy to read this morning that she came through it, well done to you all.
Hi Susan and Michele.
All three lambs and mum are absolutely fine and doing well in the nursery pen. We’re pleased to say that they’re all up and feeding by now. They are all good, strong, healthy lambs but got a little mixed up inside as she was having them.
Did the poor ewe die after all that being pull around trying to lamb her 3 lambs? How are the lambs doing ? I hope at least they survived.
Just seen what looked like a traumatic birth of 3 lambs. Did they all survive. It absolutely fantastic watching this
Hi Linda. Thanks for getting in touch. We're so pleased to hear that you are enjoying Lambcam.
Our sheep have their feet trimmed as part of their regular care, but it's not ideal to do this in late pregnancy. Sitting them up onto their bottoms (same hold as shearing) can crush their lung capacity and stop them breathing. So by the time they lamb, they are very heavy and may have sore feet. Once they've had a few days to get over the birth they will be foot trimmed as part of their post-natal care.
Some of the sheep may also suffer nerve pain in their legs from the pressure of the lambs inside them. This can make them lame, but usually resolves itself immediately after lambing. All sheep that are eating and drinking well are best remaining with the flock – we only separate them for medical necessities.
Hi
Really enjoying lambcam this year. Just a query, there seems to be a lot of limping amongst the sheep, is there a reason for this and will the feet/legs get better?
Hi Sally. This is the result of a very rare and momentary lapse of concentration whilst spraying the number. It started as an odd looking '7' on the back of the ewe by mistake, so it was then changed to a 'J'. Emma says there are too many numbers going around her head by now!