Travelling Shepherdess Saves Rare Breed Lambs

0:00This is Lester News Today, powered by AI and presented by the Daily News Now. Daisy Baker spends her nights wide awake, checking cameras on her phone to watch over her flock of 55 rare breed sheep during landing season. She's based in Tilton on the hill, in Lestershire, and pops into the barn every 90 minutes to help any use in labor. Her sheep include unique types like white-faced woodlands, badger face Welsh mountains, herdwicks, and gray-faced dartmores. This season kicked off with a tough case on a Ryland U, one of England's oldest breeds. After struggling to deliver naturally, Baker and the vet opted for a Caesarian section. They lost one lamb but saved the live ram lamb, making it a bittersweet start. Baker pulls 12-hour shifts starting at 5 a.m., on top of those middle of the night visits. She calls herself the traveling Sheppardus, moving between farms while caring for her own flock. It's exhausting work with no real profit, but she loves preserving these animals.

1:01Some of her breeds, like the white-faced Whitlin from Derbyshire, face extinction risks, so every new lamb counts big time. Her granddad still farms at 91, but she's the family sheep expert after falling for it eight years ago when she first sheared one. Do it all. Baker's drive keeps these rare bloodmines going strong, one watchful night at a time.