Something I've never experienced before

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 06:29 AM

Went with the wife, granddaughter and her parents to a farm in Northumberland where visitors are encouraged to interract and feed the animals.

The weather was warm and sunny with just a slight breeze from time to time so seeing all the animals that were mostly located in an outdoor setting wasn't a problem.

What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb.

Skybird · 05-29-22, 07:37 AM

The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim?

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 07:54 AM

Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

ET2SN · 05-29-22, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb.

The extra limb is there to hold the pot of mint jelly.

Commander Wallace · 05-29-22, 08:04 AM

I have never even heard of a 5 legged animal or lamb let alone seen one.

Looks like you and your family had a good day and made some memories.
Awesome.

Skybird · 05-29-22, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

I ask because I could not believe it. In the picture, your face bears a stunning resemblance to my paternal grandfather, even the glasses. He was only a little corpulent, you are slimmer. But in the face - a moment I was shocked. I've noticed it before on pictures, but never so striking. I hope you have no wooden leg and no glass eye and you do not miss half a lung, else my philosophical world view would be seriously challenged now...

stork100 · 05-29-22, 08:22 AM

Nice pictures. Looks like a grand outing. Something to remember with fondness for all concerned. The five legged ones look happy enough. Good for them.

mapuc · 05-29-22, 10:00 AM

As I'm one who want to know I made a search to see how common it is

Here is what I found

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Five-legged lambs are extremely rare with only one in a million lambs being born like that. On a farm in the UK's Morpeth, a lamb was born with an extra leg that protruded from its left side

And about this lambs in picture

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2031718.html

Markus

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

The extra limb is there to hold the pot of mint jelly.

Never thought of that

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I have never even heard of a 5 legged animal or lamb let alone seen one.

Looks like you and your family had a good day and made some memories.
Awesome.

Always a positive and enjoyable experience when we're out with our only grandchild. She was three on Thursday 26th

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Originally Posted by Skybird

I ask because I could not believe it. In the picture, your face bears a stunning resemblance to my paternal grandfather, even the glasses. He was only a little corpulent, you are slimmer. But in the face - a moment I was shocked. I've noticed it before on pictures, but never so striking. I hope you have no wooden leg and no glass eye and you do not miss half a lung, else my philosophical world view would be seriously challenged now...

All my body parts are still in their original places but I'm now fast approaching 65 years of age and with it that has brought a weight loss of a little over a stone in the previous twelve months

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

As I'm one who want to know I made a search to see how common it is

Here is what I found

And about this lambs in picture

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2031718.html

Markus

That's the one Markus and it was Whitehouse Farm we visited. We had no idea of the lambs existence/locality until we saw it.

Commander Wallace · 05-29-22, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Never thought of that

Always a positive and enjoyable experience when we're out with our only grandchild. She was three on Thursday 26th

All my body parts are still in their original places but I'm now fast approaching 65 years of age and with it that has brought a weight loss of a little over a stone in the previous twelve months

One stone ? A big congratulations, James. Do you feel any better with the weight loss ? A happy belated birthday to your granddaughter as well. No doubt, she is the apple of your eye and I'm sure Ann feels the same way.

Reece · 05-29-22, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

Oh the life form on the glove!! For a moment I thought . . . Nah!!

Jimbuna · 05-30-22, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

One stone ? A big congratulations, James. Do you feel any better with the weight loss ? A happy belated birthday to your granddaughter as well. No doubt, she is the apple of your eye and I'm sure Ann feels the same way.

Cheers on the congratulations matey and with regards to the wight loss...yes, a little but I was never that much overweight really.

Eichhörnchen · 05-30-22, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

The extra limb is there to hold the pot of mint jelly.

Very strange, but it's an extra leg of lamb at any rate so it could catch on

ET2SN · 05-30-22, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim?

I thought it was an old picture from when LBJ tried Owl Farming on the White House lawn.

What Jim isn't telling us is that the farm is just across the meadow from Windscale.

05-29-22, 06:29 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Something I've never experienced before Went with the wife, granddaughter and her parents to a farm in Northumberland where visitors are encouraged to interract and feed the animals. The weather was warm and sunny with just a slight breeze from time to time so seeing all the animals that were mostly located in an outdoor setting wasn't a problem. What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,605 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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05-29-22, 08:04 AM	#5
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I have never even heard of a 5 legged animal or lamb let alone seen one. Looks like you and your family had a good day and made some memories. Awesome.

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stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Nice pictures. Looks like a grand outing. Something to remember with fondness for all concerned. The five legged ones look happy enough. Good for them.