Parents have slogged through sleepless nights for generations and survived the exhaustion that comes with round the clock feeding.
For graziers Janice and Ray Nutt, that has been their experience this winter as they go above and beyond to ensure the welfare of their flock which includes lambs that have been orphaned during the drought.
"All our animals we know, and they are special to us, both Janice and myself love our animals, it is quite hard at the moment," Mr Nutt said.
Ironically, despite the drought, the prime lamb producers have managed a good season with 341 lambs born to 195 sheep.
"I made 40 jackets ready thinking we would have 40 pet lambs, all crocheted each night leading up to it.
About a jacket a night to be prepared for the cold," she said.
The lambs start off in the house where they are fed five times a day.
For the time being, their homes are wax sealed boxes.
The couple said intensive lambing like this was always time consuming, but the drought had made it that much more exhausting.
"It is hard when it is really frosty and cold and you put another layer on and you hope you get through, but it is a lovely time of year," Mr Nutt said.