A very proud farmer has woken up to 40,000 followers on Twitter after live-tweeting his beloved sheepdog giving birth to ten puppies on Friday . James Rebanks , a farmer from the Lake District in England , has been chronicling the pregnancy of one of his sheepdogs Floss from his Herdwick sheep farm in anticipation of her due date . Early on Friday , Mr Rebanks tweeted 'Floss doing fine . No news to report . ( Other than she is fed up ) ' , before the action started and puppies started appearing one by one . Scroll down for video . James Rebanks , a farmer from the Lake District in England , has been chronicling the pregnancy of one of his sheepdogs Floss . Less than an hour after reporting that Floss was still 'bursting at the seams ' , Mr Rebanks tweeted that the first of her puppies had been delivered safely . Within an hour and a half , four pups had been born , and the farmer continued to chronicle the birth , and his children 's reaction to their newborn playmates . 'Growing up on a farm has its great moments ... ' he tweeted , along with a photo of his children holding several of the pups . ' I 've had five puppies ... I might have more ' , Mr Rebanks tweeted after three hours . He reported that Floss was 'knackered ' after the birth of her seventh pup , as his children reluctantly headed to bed despite the action looking to continue . Less than an hour after reporting that Floss was still 'bursting at the seams ' , Mr Rebanks tweeted that the first of her puppies had been delivered safely . The busy farmer went to bed himself and woke up seven hours later to ten healthy puppies wriggling about their tired mum . 'Floss is going to be ... Er ... A bit busy ... Ten pups to raise ... Ten little limpets on her teats ... , ' he tweeted . Mr Rebanks reported that his children were determined to spend as much time with the newborn puppies as possible . 'We are going to school dad ... But not until we have made friends with these puppies ' . Despite the excitement and exhaustion of the night , the farmer reported that having ten puppies around would be 'fun ' , and said that his Herdwick sheep should watch out for their future herders . The busy farmer went to bed himself and woke up seven hours later to ten healthy puppies wriggling about their tired mum . 'Sheep be warned . Cavalry is coming , ' he said . After Mr Rebanks tweets garnered attention from social media users all over the world , he woke to a staggering 40,000 Twitter followers . 'Where did you all come from ? Been feeding my sheep and suddenly lots of new followers and whizzed past 40k . Hello , ' he tweeted . Mr Rebanks is no stranger to surges in his Twitter followers , after gaining nearly 20,000 followers for his photos of his prized Herdwick sheep on the social media site . Mr Rebanks , whose family has been farming in the district for almost 600 years , is also the author of The Shepherd 's Life : A Tale of the Lake District .
James Rebanks live tweeted his sheepdog Floss giving birth to ten pups . Early on Friday three hours he reported she was 'bursting at the seams ' The puppies came quickly and seven were born in morning . He and his children woke to ten healthy sheepdog pups suckling their mum . Mr Rebanks was surprised when he found he had 40,000 Twitter followers .