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Kelvin Fletcher makes family admission with wife Liz as he admits 'We just survive'

Kelvin Fletcher opened up about his family life during a repeat of Fletcher's Family Farm.

It hasn't always been easy for Kelvin Fletcher and his wife, Liz.

On Sunday, ITV aired a repeat from the first series of Fletcher's Family Farm after the new series ended, which shows the start of Kelvin and Liz's journey to run their own farm in Cheshire.

During one segment, Kelvin and Liz open up about holding their first event at the farm, and it's safe to say the pair were not organised when they first started out. The couple bickered as Kelvin admitted they were "just trying to survive."

As they tried to get their kids and their farm animals fed, Kelvin reflected, "Any parent will be able to relate to this, we are always that family that is always late. Once in a blue moon, we will be on time.

"I have not even brushed my teeth this morning, I have not had a shower, I've not done anything. It will get to midday, and I'll realise, I haven't eaten breakfast, I haven't done this, I haven't done that, but that is the nature of the beast."

[Kelvin Fletcher spoke about the chaos of bringing up a family and running a farm]

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Kelvin Fletcher spoke about the chaos of bringing up a family and running a farm(Image: ITV)

He added, "I do say to Liz, there will be a time when it's a bit more settled, and it'll be easier.

"We will look back and think, 'Do you remember those days? Do you remember when I was feeding the twins, and you were out with the kids feeding the pigs? How did we do it?'

"I don't know, it's all a blur. It will be one of them where we don't know how we did it, we just survive it. Yes, it's crazy, yes it's chaotic, but it's beautiful."

After dropping the kids off at school, Kelvin and Liz had a disagreement over the planning for their first farm event, with Kelvin confessing that the pair "don't always see eye to eye".

[Kelvin said he and Liz don't always see eye to eye]

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Kelvin said he and Liz don't always see eye to eye(Image: ITV)

While Liz reassured him she was ready for it, Kelvin argued, "You're not ready."

Kelvin held up some ribbon Liz had bought and said, "This trail probably goes over about 60 acres, and she's going to decorate it with five bits of ribbon."

Liz didn't appear to be too worried as she laughed it off. In another part of the programme, Kelvin and Liz witnessed a heartbreaking death after one of their sheep struggled to give birth to one of its lambs.

The duo were forced to step in to help the sheep deliver the second lamb after the first one tragically died.

[Kelvin and Liz Fletcher couldn't live in their dream home after a fire destroyed it]

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Kelvin and Liz Fletcher have four children together(Image: ITV)

"It just feels dead," Kelvin said as he pulled the lamb from its mother.

Liz looked emotional as she replied, "That was hard because you feel like you're going to break their legs, but you have to get them out.

"It is just really sad to see them like that, all floppy and....it's horrible."

"It's heartbreaking to see that and witness that," Kelvin said as he shared his regret. "Should we have got involved 15 minutes ago? Would that have made a difference? But there is a fine line between shoving your hand up every two seconds to letting nature take its course."

He added, "It's never a good sign the first one being like that, though."

Things seemed to get worse for the second lamb as the sheep didn't want to push, with Liz commenting, "She has given up."

Fletcher's Family Farm is available to watch on ITVX.

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