"It's lambing time now, and I don't deny I can use you here."

The name derived from the prevalence of sheep farming in the region where the chair was used by shepherds at lambing time.

There was such a racket from their place at night during lambing time - and that's a twenty-four-hour job with no time to sleep.

So with that and all the shouting at each other and the dogs, lambing time was extremely noisy.

Notes Sheep farms are not recommended for visits by pregnant ladies, due to health risks at lambing times.

For example, at lambing time many wives put in very long hours.

But at lambing time they take on a total change of character and they can sometimes become very aggressive.

It extended across lambing time and caused mass death of sheep and newborn lambs.

It's lambing time for many sheep farms around the state.

Shepherds get all moony at lambing time, so I suppose their reaction was only natural.