BYC Café

[Bunnylady]

 
Beautiful  - what breed of sheep are they? 

Those are some beautiful sheep, I like the black & white combo. I've never been around sheep before, do you have some @Bunnylady
?

I believe those are called black nose sheep. They almost don't look real, don't they?

I had one sheep at one time; a black ewe named Dolly (I know, really original). She had been sold to a friend of mine as a Baby Doll sheep, but I don't think she was. Baby Doll sheep have wooly faces, and Dolly's face wasn't wooly - I think she might have been a Shetland. She hung out with my goats, and was really sweet, playing gently with the kids.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Shetland's are cool. I was also looking at the Black Welsh Mountain, but fell into these CVM/Romedale blue light special.

 

[N F C]

Good morning everyone. It may be time to start building an ark. Yesterday afternoon it started raining and that continued on into the evening, lost power for a couple hours. A 60% chance of more today and there are flood watches/warnings in some places. It's getting kind of depressing.


On the other hand there's this!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Hey, I got the twin 1-year-olds to eat out of my hand this AM. This here plan may just work.....

 

[scottcaddy]

Hey, I got the twin 1-year-olds to eat out of my hand this AM. This here plan may just work.....

Do you have pasture or do you need to hay feed them?
Good Luck!
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

I have access to pasture, but on my own property, they will need hay. The plan is to get them comfortable with us so they don't bolt and then lead one to pasture and the others will follow. At least that habit is great for this situation. Chilly here today, low of 40, but looks like the sun will be out pretty soon.

 

[N F C]

Margie, will you raise them as meat or are they for wool? Maybe both?

 

[scottcaddy]

How tame are they around people now? Yes sheep will fellow the leader for the most part very well, so do most cows, until the stubborn one come along and starts her own path.

Have fun and Good Luck!!
Scott (TGIF!!)

 

[scottcaddy]

We did get a house-broke washing machine installed after we got the backroom floor dried out Here's hoping it is the last one I have to move up 3 stair steps into the backroom. I'm getting toooooo old for this kinda stuff.

(don't use a cane yet, do have the white beard)
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

Margie, will you raise them as meat or are they for wool? Maybe both?

Both, plus milk if push comes to shove.
They are settling in. I can be 5 feet away outside the fence and they don't run. Way better than at their old place. I just don't think the other people spent much time with them. Here, they have no choice but to be able to be handled. I don't have time for rodeos if we are out of here in case of a wildland fire. My horse and my chickens all come when called and the sheep will too eventually.