A Day in the Life of an Icelandic Farmer – Lambing Season with Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík
To give you the inside scoop on Icelandic farm life, I spent the day with Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík. Pálína has been showcasing sheep and lamb on her family farm on Instagram as @farmlifeiceland. This video gives you a good glimpse into her life during one of the busiest times of the year – Icelandic lambing season. Many lambs are being born and everyone has to work around the clock to make sure that the pregnant ewes are assisted when they are giving birth, and that the lambs get the care they need to survive.
The amount of work that goes into this is exhausting and you will see that Pálína is doing her best to deal with not having enough sleep. You will also get some insight into how long her family has owned the farm and the generations of people that have grown up there. This includes Iceland and the world’s first democratically elected female President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. I hope you enjoy this day in the life video. If you want to see more of them definitely let me know in the comment section.
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Day in the Life of an Icelandic Farmer video breakdown
00:00 – Pálína introduction
01:12 – Starting the day
01:39 – Morning routine with the sheep and lamb
02:56 – Feeding the sheep – lots of hay!
03:35 – Giving the lambs milk
04:28 – Adorable lambs drinking milk
05:00 – Lambs that lost their mother
05:27 – Baby ram!!
07:09 – Lunch time
07:34 – Why lambing season is so hard & tiring
08:30 – Birth complications & difficulties in the season
10:13 – How long Pálína has been helping on the farm
11:21 – Tour of the family house built in 1918
12:20 – Pálína’s connection to Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Iceland’s first female President
12:58 – Back to the barn for the 2nd feeding of the day
13:32 – Assessing why a lamb is making an unhappy meh (cry for help?)
14:32 – The Main people who help during lambing season on the farm
15:17 – Cleaning up private pens after ewes gave birth
15:27 – Fixing new private pens for ewes and their new lambs
15:55 – Giving new lambs minerals to keep them healthy
16:31 – The hardest part about lambing season
17:49 – Opening a new bale of hay, so big!
18:43 – The amount of hay her family collects each summer
19:37 – A curious sheep
19:52 – What happens to the ewes and sheep after a few days
20:24 – Thank you Pálína for let us spend the day with you!
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