Happy Christmas to all !!
A new member to this site wandered whether anyone may be able to comment on the behaviour of one of our ewes. We have a small flock of 2 young ewes and a castrated male and recently one of the females seems to be sitting down every time I look out the window . She gets up and feeds when I go outside and has her handful of sheep mix , no loss of weight if anything she is the largest of the 3 . Today I noticed a magpie land on her back , she eventually shrugged it off her neck , this happened a couple of times , wandering whether the bird can sense something ?
Wormed with drench 6 weeks ago , land extremely wet and they don't seem to use the field shelter .
Am I over reacting or could she be sick ?