Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher and wife share ‘surprising’ farm update ‘It isn’t good news’
Kelvin and Liz Fletcher discovered some bad news in the latest episode of Fletcher’s Family Farm
Kelvin and Liz Fletcher, together with their three children, gathered to find out whether their ewes were pregnant.
During the most recent episode of Fletcher’s Family Farm, which airs on Sunday, Kelvin confessed that it marked a first for the family, as they typically keep their children out of the scanning process.
Nevertheless, matters took a surprising turn while scanning the ewes, after Kelvin and Liz found that four of their flock were barren. The disappointing news follows a sombre farm update previously shared by the couple.
Before the process began, the former soap actor revealed his expectations. He told the camera, “It’s a bit different this time. So we’re all going to scan together, get the kids back from school, and we’re going to scan as a full family.
“So yeah, the kids, I’m sure, will be arguing over who’s doing what job. But if they’ve all got a specific role, I think they’ll be all right, because if they feel that someone else is doing something a little bit more exciting or a bit more important, they won’t like it,” reports the Mirror.
Kelvin went on to say, “Ideally, we’re looking for each ewe to hopefully have twins. That’s the sweet spot that every farmer is chasing, come scanning.
“We have not had the smoothest of tupping seasons,” he confessed, before adding, “With Viper underperforming and us needing to bring in a sub to serve the Jacob flock.
“So again, just looking at the bums, the more reds Kelvin’s done a better job, the more blues Viper’s done a better job. And already we can see that Kelvin’s pulled through, delivered.”
When the couple’s children returned home from school, the eagerly anticipated moment finally arrived, and the family gathered in the barn with vet James to scan the ewes.
Liz expressed her delight, saying: “I know I say this about a lot of moments, but scanning is one of my favourites. It fills me with so much excitement.
“And we don’t normally do this with the kids around, because, you know, we don’t want to waste the scanners’ time.”
Throughout the process, Kelvin explained, “It looks like Marnie’s on painting duties. So James is scanning, and he’ll have a feel, and then he’ll signal to Marnie what they’ve got, either barren, which hopefully we don’t have any, single, double or triple. They’ll be marked up accordingly.”
Nevertheless, the scanning brought some unwelcome “bad news” for the pair, as four ewes turned out to be barren.
Liz remarked, “You always get the odd one that’s not in lamb. I’m just surprised that the Jacobs.”
Kelvin conceded: “Viper has definitely had an off year, which isn’t good news.”
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Despite the minor disappointment, both Kelvin and Liz expressed satisfaction with the overall outcome.