Midcheshire Independent Issue 178

3 MAY 2025 Visit our website: www.independentnewspapers.co.uk PDQ LANDSCAPE & BUILDING SERVICES 07763 923005 01270 421405 From inside to outside, whatever you can imagine, we can make it come true. IF WE CAN’T DO IT NO ONE CAN! FREE QUOTE Call Steve sredmond24707825@aol.com SPRING has sprung and the rare breed farm at Tatton Park is eagerly awaiting the arrival of furry foals, cute calves, perfect piglets, cheeping chicks and leaping lambs. This year’s new arrivals, expected during the popular Cheshire attraction’s Lambing Week, include a set of quads. They are among the bumper bundle of 46 new lambs expected, which also include 10 twins and seven triplets. Farm assistant Elly Edwards said: “My favourite thing about lambing is the excite- ment and the sense of privilege that comes with welcoming new life. “I love the smell of newborn lambs and the satisfaction you get from seeing happy, healthy lambs skipping about the lamb- ing pens. “It’s one of the hardest times of year on the farm because of the sleepless nights… we don’t let the ewes go more than four hours without checking on them even through the night. But it’s the most rewarding.” The anticipation is also rising as staff eagerly await the arrival of Tabitha the Shire horse mare’s third foal next month, the first on the farm for eight years. Over in the pig pen, Bonnie and Susie, the farm’s Large White sows, are both due a litter of piglets. The new arrivals won’t stop there. Gracie the Guernsey cow, Jasmine the Jersey/Nor- wegian Red, and Hetty the Hereford cross are all expecting a calf, with four more due from the farm’s Red Poll cattle. Springing into life!