article_snippet.sent: This bundle of joy was a special spring surprise for both him mother and the farmers who delivered the 20lb new-born after a gruelling three-hour birth.
article_snippet.sent: him was so big that it took Shepherd John Hendy and a team of three helpers to help mother
article_snippet.sent: I don't think there was anything unusual about either parent and this is the first time we have bred a lamb as large as this,' Jean Morris from the farm said. 'an experienced mother must have been relieved when it was over.'
article_snippet.sent: Big Ben's arrival came just a fortnight after the largest lamb born in the UK weighed in at a massive 24lbs in north Wales.
article_snippet.sent: Last year Goliath was born at a hefty 22lbs 5oz in Wellington in Somerset.
article_snippet.sent: The title for the heaviest Suffolk cross lamb was Bruno, nicknamed 'Woooly Lamboth', who was born in Worcestershire in 2009 at a healthy 21lbs.
article_snippet.sent: Bruno was spared the chop because of Bruno size as Bruno owner decided to keep Bruno as a pet because Bruno was curious to know just how big Bruno would get.
article_snippet.sent: New Zealand is the world's biggest producer of lambs.
article_snippet.sent: But the largest lamb born in the UK there weighed just 15.5lbs.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mum is experienced seven-year-old but other offspring all weighed 8-10lbs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Born two weeks after biggest ever lamb born in Wales, weighing 24lbs .