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Amanda Owen fans beg 'look after yourself' as Our Yorkshire Farm star admits she needs to 'clear her mind' after a 'frantic' week
Fans of Amanda Owen begged her to 'look after yourself' as the star admitted she needs to 'clear her mind' after a 'frantic' week. The Our Yorkshire Farm shepherdess, 46, shared an update on her busy life in the Dales on social media. Mum-of-nine Amanda posted a selection of stunning photographs of the countryside on Instagram. In the caption, she opened up about what she has been up to over the last few weeks. Amanda penned: 'This last couple of weeks has been frantically busy but finally finished marking up & turning yows and lambs away to moor.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She added: 'Now meadows cleared so time for mind to clear too. Hopefully.' The post received thousands of likes and some fans commented their well wishes to Amanda. One penned: '….and breathe! Great job and now enjoy a bit of down time and look after yourself.' Another said, 'Enjoy it after all your hard work,' followed by a hand clapping emoji. Someone else commented: 'Time for some fun with your family.' While one added: 'Beautiful scenery in which to have a well-earned 'rest'.' It comes after Amanda defiantly hit back at critics last month after a string of cruel swipes about her looks. The shepherdess appeared on an episode of ITV show Lorraine in a clip showing a glimpse of life on the farm. Amanda opened up about how despite getting stuck in with caring for the animals and land, she still enjoys taking pride in her appearance, hitting back against stereotypes. 'I like my makeup. I like to try and make an effort and I know that sounds very vain,' she shared. The camera panned to show her sat in a farming vehicle and looking in the mirror while she put lipstick on. The shepherdess added: 'But if anyone wants to say 'aw you know you've got some mascara on you can't be a shepherd' - tough, because I am. 'I take great joy and happiness in what I do, so therefore I keep doing that.' It isn't the first time Amanda has spoken out against people claiming she is 'too glamorous'. Back in 2021, she addressed the topic on Steph's Packed Lunch, according to the Mirror. The shepherdess, 46, appeared on an episode of ITV show Lorraine in a clip showing a glimpse of life on the farm The camera panned to show her sat in a farming vehicle and looking in the mirror while she put lipstick on 'Throughout it all you stay so glamorous. Which, always, I'm amazed about,' host Steph McGovern commented. Amanda replied: 'Look at my hands though Steph. Honestly, I've got iodine up my arm.' She went on to discuss the assumptions people may have and added: 'Yes we don't like stereotypes. I think that's the thing - you know. I mean yes I've got a sheepdog, yes I've got a crook. 'Yes I spend my time running around after sheep, but I can do other things too.'
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen defiantly hits back at critics after string of cruel swipes about her looks
Our Yorkshire Farm 's Amanda Owen has defiantly hit back at critics after a string of cruel swipes about her looks. The shepherdess, 46, appeared on Wednesday's episode of ITV show Lorraine in a clip showing a glimpse of life on the farm. Amanda opened up about how despite getting stuck in with caring for the animals and land, she still enjoys taking pride in her appearance, hitting back against stereotypes. 'I like my makeup. I like to try and make an effort and I know that sounds very vain,' she shared. The camera panned to show her sat in a farming vehicle and looking in the mirror while she put lipstick on. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The shepherdess, 46, appeared on Wednesday's episode of ITV show Lorraine in a clip showing a glimpse of life on the farm The shepherdess added: 'But if anyone wants to say 'aw you know you've got some mascara on you can't be a shepherd' - tough, because I am. 'I take great joy and happiness in what I do, so therefore I keep doing that.' It isn't the first time Amanda has spoken out against people claiming she is 'too glamorous'. Back in 2021, she addressed the topic on Steph's Packed Lunch, according to the Mirror. 'Throughout it all you stay so glamorous. Which, always, I'm amazed about,' host Steph McGovern commented. Amanda replied: 'Look at my hands though Steph. Honestly, I've got iodine up my arm.' She went on to discuss the assumptions people may have and added: 'Yes we don't like stereotypes. I think that's the thing - you know. I mean yes I've got a sheepdog, yes I've got a crook. 'Yes I spend my time running around after sheep, but I can do other things too.' While more recently, Our Yorkshire Farm's Reuben Owen defiantly hit back at critics after being slammed for a 'disgusting and disturbing' video shared by his mother, Amanda. Earlier this month, the shepherdess took to her Instagram page to share a clip of her son Reuben, 21, helping her out on the Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, Yorkshire. In the clip, mum-of-nine Amanda can be heard saying: 'Well this is what you've been getting up to in lambing fields,' while Reuben is laying across an ewe and lamb. He then picks up the ewe by the horns and she tells her son: 'You did great there! And you got the lamb at the same time.' Amanda captioned the post: 'Caught ewe. Reuben downs tools and springs into action. '*Everyone lends a hand, there is no one exempt from lambing time tasks*.' However, many fans were confused by the post and didn't like seeing Reuben handle the ewe as they didn't know what he was actually doing. Some took to leaving comments including, 'Why are you treating the ewe like that? Absolutely disgusting and I'm disappointed as I thought you were better than that.' Or, 'I didn't like how you held the sheep! Absolutely disturbing! Animals are treated with respect and not like trash!' In an interview with The Telegraph, Reuben responded to the online furore and said: 'I don't have the time or the inclination to scroll through social media.' The young farmer added: 'If you do ever see me on my phone, I'll be searching for machinery sales.' Some did jump to the 21-year-old's defence however and penned: 'Please ignore comments from any animal activist… if we all listened to them nothing would ever get done and we'd all be starving by now . Carry on farming.'
BBC News
13-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Norfolk farm welcomes 'enormous' 10kg lambs
"Giant" lambs that weighed twice the size of an average newborn have been born at an estate. Shepherdess Hannah Murrell delivered half a dozen lambs weighing 10kg (22lb) in her first lambing season on the Gawdy Hall Estate in Harleston, Norfolk. Size was not the only thing to be on the up this year, and the farm said it had its biggest lambing season to date with 250 births. Mark Hayhew, estate manager, said: "You hope for healthy lambs around the 3-5kg, so when you see a healthy enormous one being born alive and well, which is nearly double that size, it's amazing. If not eye watering, for the ewe." The estate's flock included Llanwenog sheep and Norfolk Horn ewes - which are both on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's amber list - alongside Lleyn ewes and associated pedigree rams. It said the size of a newborn lamb can vary depending on the breed, although they typically weigh up to 5kg, with some larger lambs weighing more than Murrell joined the estate in October to take on her first role as a shepherdess. Ahead of the season she said it was going to be the most stressful time to own sheep, the most enjoyable and sometimes the saddest. "It brings the mothering instinct out in you," she said. Mr Mayhew said everybody "loves" the estate's newest arrivals. "This year has been our biggest ever lambing season following a restructure and we were very surprised when quite a few very large lambs were born," he added."Everyone loves them. We've had lots of people walking past our fields and taking pictures and asking us about our giant lambs. When you see them next to the other ordinary-sized lambs, you can really tell the difference." He said next year's lambing season should see even more newborns as the flock numbers have increased to more than 400 breeding ewes. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
