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Our first stop was with a flock of eleven old ewes and a couple of tips. Iris was the first sheep I glimpsed...
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...But soon Cheeky Ewe was leading them all over to me.
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This one is very stupid - she has rolled upside down and gotten stuck no less than three times in the past three weeks. Thankfully so far she has been spotted before it's too late - let's hope that trend continues!
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One of the two tips, a two-year-old.
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This old girl is very round! She's a lovely sheep, though, and always has amazing lambs.
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Another nice girl.
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I was soon encircled by sheep.
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And with good reason - I had a bucket of tasty nuts with me. You don't need to tell older sheep like these twice - they hear the rattle and they come running.
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I had emptied the bucket in front of the old house, but Iris wasn't convinced that the bucket was really empty and came over to investigate.
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Cheeky Ewe, as her name suggests, was very cheeky and was right in the middle of the feeding frenzy (she's the one with the long tail).
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Amazingly, some of the sheep weren't that bothered about nuts.
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Another poser.
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The tips aren't used to eating more than grass.
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Iris and Penny's Dad (or P.D. as he is known).
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Hello, P.D.
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Cheeky Ewe was finally full.
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Hey, that's no way to treat a potentially pregnant lady!
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Sue and the Land Rover were waiting just where I'd left them.
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On we drove, and just a few miles later we arrived at our second stop - a small flock of hoggets. Once again, Sue had to wait.
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These hoggets aren't as quiet as the old girls (also, the old girls had eaten all of the nuts) so they didn't come so close.
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One of the Suffolks was stuck on her back and I was able to get her righted again. A life saved! (Two, as it turned out, as she lambed a week later.)
Sue looks good sitting there, pretty girl. She has grown a lot since those first little puppy pics we saw.
ReplyDeleteSome of the sheep look quite comical in their expressions with their black nose markings, P.D. has quite a pout :)