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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: goosepimple on June 17, 2013, 12:19:48 pm

Title: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: goosepimple on June 17, 2013, 12:19:48 pm
Oh dear, had our sheep sheared yesterday for fleeces for the Highland Show and one of our Castlemilk Moorits has decided to jump ship after the shearing and has taken off to the horizon never to be seen again.  Our river is running dry and I think she's galloped her way up it to freedom.
 
She must have felt lightweight after the shearing and she's off  ::)  like a speeding bullet - maybe she'll come home one day ...... unfortunately for her she looks like a rhoe dear when she's naked ..... what's that I said about speeding bullets  :-\
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: Bionic on June 17, 2013, 12:23:03 pm
Oh no, Lets hope she knows where she is safest
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: Brucklay on June 17, 2013, 12:24:48 pm
Oh no - maybe some lead weights required - or maybe she'd just be super fit then
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: SallyintNorth on June 17, 2013, 01:23:51 pm
Oh no - maybe some lead weights required - or maybe she'd just be super fit then
I think that's what Amanda is worried about... someone applying a lead weight -from a rifle  :o

One of my 4 CM wethers had some shotgun pellets in the brisket area - I think you are right, they look too much like deer, especially at dusk or dawn.   :fc: she finds her way home to safety. :hug:
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: Brucklay on June 17, 2013, 01:50:44 pm
Noooooo - I ment the fitness type ones you get for around your wrist when your running etc - to weigh her down - but I see what you mean especially when they have their dark coats back
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: Rosemary on June 17, 2013, 02:06:27 pm
Oh, dear (no pun intended) - hope she comes home in one piece :fc:
Title: Re: Shear today gone tomorrow
Post by: Dogwalker on June 17, 2013, 02:49:55 pm
Hope she comes back to join her friends.
 
It is strange the colour change isn't it.  I couldn't find one of mine (Doug's) this morning, it was camoflaged in the shadow at the base of the oak tree.