A ‘one in a million’ lamb has been born on a Scottish farm with five legs.
Farmer George Wilson was stunned when one of his ewes gave birth to the deformed lamb who has been named Jake the Peg.
Mr Wilson says in 60 years of lambing at his farm in Huntly in Aberdeenshire he has never seen anything like it.
Despite the extra limb "swinging like a pendulum" between the lamb's front legs, the animal is perfectly healthy and normal.
Mr Wilson added that the lamb’s extra leg is making him even harder to catch and says it is a miracle of nature.
He said: "My son was lambing it and he could feel the three feet and he thought it was obviously the second lamb.
"But then he said to me: There's something wrong here'.
"I thought he was winding me up.
"Out this wee lamb came and I thought that it would probably die or something, but nope - up it got and went running about."
He added: "It's like a hanging pendulum and it's not doing anything but it is a fully formed leg."
Mr Wilson, 76, described seeing bizarre mutations being born in the farm in the past, including lambs being born with "double" testicles, but never an extra leg.
He said: "I started lambing sheep when I was about 16 and I've been working with sheep most of my life but I've never seen anything like this.
"I've seen bits of things, some born with no bottoms or maybe double testicles, but never an extra leg.
"It's just one of these things that happens now and again.
"We used to see things like that in the vet lab when I was at college, two-headed calves and the like.
"But this one wasn't born ill or dead, it's up and running around like normal.
"We actually have a tough job catching it.
"I think that extra leg gives it more speed."
After seeking advice from the vet, Mr Wilson said the newborn will be able to live a normal life with the added appendage.
He added: "I had a word with the vet and he explained the front legs of a lamb are attached to something similar to a big long plate in the chest.
"So it seems a reasonable option that in the future the leg will be able to come away or be amputated," he said.
However, despite the incredibly rare odds of the animal being born with the anomaly, Mr Wilson hopes it will fetch a higher price in the sales later this year.
He said: "We were saying that maybe when we put it to the market later this year, will we get more money for it? An extra leg of lamb."
Five-legged lambs are reckoned to be a one-in-a-million occurrence in the UK.
