Lambing season has kicked off on Texel, the ultimate sheep island, with around 17,000 lambs set to arrive soon. These touching moments are now streamable live for everyone via the webcam at Sheep Farm Texel.
Texel sheep farmers face intense days during lambing, assisting births and monitoring pregnant ewes every few hours. Many bunk down in the stables. Highlights include a recent sextuplet birth.
Lambs stay indoors with their mothers for just a few days, as Texel sheep thrive outdoors. They soon head to the meadow, forming playful crèches where they frolic before nursing. Ewes with extras foster them out or raise 'soggies' on bottles—adorable but labor-intensive for farmers. Local families often step in to help.
Visit Sheep Farm Texel to cuddle a soggie and maybe bottle-feed it yourself.
Photo: Mariska Witte.
