Ewe-FOUR-ia on the farm as sheep has quadruplets

Talk about counting sheep!
Dexter and Jessica Vickers with the quadruplets. Picture by Jane ColtmanDexter and Jessica Vickers with the quadruplets. Picture by Jane Coltman
Dexter and Jessica Vickers with the quadruplets. Picture by Jane Coltman

Dexter and Jessica Vickers, aged three and five, have their hands full holding on to four wriggling lambs at their grandparents’ farm at Rennington.

The lambs were born to a Mule ewe who is no stranger to multiple births. Last year, she had three.

Multiple births among sheep are quite common but the arrival of quadruplets is less so.

The chances of a ewe giving birth to four offspring have been put at as slim as one in 400.