Lambing season brings long nights and signs of spring to Maine sheep farms

Lambing season brings long nights and signs of spring to Maine sheep farms

The lambs were born in a wave on Tuesday, as they tend to be. Seven ewes were all in labor at the same time that morning, halfway through the monthlong height of lambing season at Waldoview Farm in Winterport. Farmer Tom Hodgman and his employee Abby Slater usually get just a few hours of sleep at a time in February, checking cameras throughout the night as almost 70 Katahdin sheep give birth – often to twins, sometimes triplets. They expected a…