Healthy sextuplet lambs make history in Athenry

SPRING has sprung a historic delivery in Athenry this week with the arrival of six healthy lambs to a Belclare ewe at the Teagasc campus on the outskirts of the town.

Proud midwife and Teagasc technician Henry Walsh delivered the lambs last Wednesday evening and is still in shock at the fact all six, three male and three female, have arrived hale and hearty.
“We’ve had sextuplets before in other breeds but this is a first for the Belclare ewe and we’re thrilled that both mother and lambs are doing so well,” he said.

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