There was a crooked lamb . . . and ram - with video and pictures

Farmer Jess Bason has become so attached to Crooky and Kevin she is even thinking of opening a sanctuary for sheep born with the condition known as wry-neck.

Jess, from Lower Broughton Farm, Montgomery, said she was just 14 when Crooky was born eight years ago.

"I was always the person that bottle fed the lambs who couldn't feed from their mothers and so I took on Crooky.

"We managed to get her mother to lie down in a way that the lamb could feed and, apart from the neck, she grew really well. She has gone on to be a really good breeding ewe and has had 10 lambs herself."

She said Crooky had become adept at kneeling down to eat and even used her neck to push other sheep out of the way.

A few weeks ago one of Jess's friends contacted her to say a lamb born on his farm also had a crooked neck and would she like to have him.

The ram lamb, called Kevin, will now be kept as a pet, rather than go to market.

"We started thinking that it would be good to see if we can start up a sanctuary that might become a farm diversification," Jess added.

"We could open a small petting farm perhaps with educational visits. So many children these days don't ever visit a farm."