Best Shirts for Lambing and Calving Season
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Real Workwear, Field-Tested in Northumberland
When the lambs start arriving and the cows are calving, there’s no room for kit that can’t keep up. In the thick of mud, muck, sleepless nights, and cold early mornings, you need gear that works—and keeps working, week after week.
At Bleak Ridge, we’ve been putting our shirts through the ultimate test: lambing and calving season here in Northumberland. And after days in the field, night checks with the head torch, and more than a few close encounters with the business end of a ewe, we can confidently say—we’ve found a winner.
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What Makes a Good Lambing Shirt?
Not all shirts are created equal. When you’re out in the shed or the field, you need clothing that stands up to the chaos. Here’s what we look for:
Durability: You’re working hard, and your shirt should too. Our 100% cotton twill shirts are built to take a beating—no rips, no tears, no nonsense.
Comfort: Whether you’re crawling into pens or hauling calves, you need room to move. These shirts are cut for comfort without feeling baggy or bulky.
Breathability: Spring weather changes by the hour. Cotton twill keeps you warm without overheating.
Washability: Let’s face it—things get messy. You need something that can go from the yard to the washing machine and come out looking ready for round two.
Pockets (yes, really!): Gloves, syringes, baler twine—if you know, you know.
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Real Workwear Test: Bleak Ridge After a Week in the Field
We wore our shirts for seven days straight—through 3am checks, cold April winds, feeding rounds, assisted births, and the occasional emergency sprint. No rips, no loose buttons, and they even came clean (mostly).
The verdict?
These shirts are lambing and calving approved.
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Why Choose Bleak Ridge?
We don’t design the shirts ourselves—we stock trusted, tried-and-true workwear from RB Sellars. These are the shirts we wear every day on the farm, and they’ve earned their place in the lambing shed. We choose quality you can rely on, and we stand by every piece we sell.
Whether you’re mid-season or gearing up for next year, we’ve got your back with real workwear that does the job.
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