Okay I have a question straight off if that's ok? I have a small flock of Shetlands. My oldest sheep, Nellie, is ten, and this spring she is bagging up. We found it at shearing, milked it out, vet suggested it is a "false pregnancy" because the three males in the herd are wethers, but she bagged...
That is so interesting. Why would that be? What is it in the ewe's metabolism that favours a male or female embryo? I've heard this works in deer populations as well. Scarce doings produce females; lush doings produce males. How the heck does that work?
I also had a general question. I'm trying to make a duck yard in an area that the sheep currently pass through on their way to and from their pasture. I want to plant some small trees and bushes for shade. Any suggestions for trees and bushes that are not tempting to sheep, yet not poisonous?