This morning we brought Dotty’s twin, Spotty, and half sister, Poddy, into the barn quarter of the field to keep Dotty company.

I’ll keep her in at night so she doesn’t get cold

I am pleased to say that Dotty is now able to get up all by herself. This only began this afternoon but since then she has been eating more creep and drinking more milk. Hooray!

Meanwhile as I sit in the sunshine hearing birdsong (was that really a cuckoo I heard earlier?) and the peace broken by chainsawing across the road I am filled with awe by Rabbi and Rebbetzin Bald in Lviv

They left the city a few weeks ago to take their younger children to safety and to watch over the marriage of their daughter – who is now, thankfully, wed. They continued to direct the communal activities, food parcels, medical aid and refugee work from abroad with their trusted staff at the synagogue. Yesterday I learnt that the Rabbi and his wife, their newly married daughter and her young husband had returned to Lviv to organise Passover for the community. They gave out food packages in the city and arranged to send parcels to communities further away and in need of the essentials with which to celebrate the 8 day festival. Celebration in a time of war and devastation and destruction. Their belief in a better future and their care for those who are unable or unwilling to leave is totally amazing and I salute their bravery, kindness and selflessness. May their prayers be heard and answered

I spoke with the vet by telephone and he wants me to continue feeding little and often. Also to give her “creep” lamb pellets – which she has begun to eat from my hand

Her twin, Spotty, and half sisters, Poddy and Surprise, make visits to Dotty through the bars of the gate. She is rarely alone

Dotty was lying in the barn, unable to rise without help. I fed her some milk and she nibbled on some hay

I think I will call the vet again and ask for more advice about Dotty. In the chicken house a hen had managed to lay an egg from up on high – roosting