[kanisha]

This little fella was born yesterday I am thrilled with him

[shearling]

so cute. What type is he? and how long have you been waiting for one?

[Rosemary]

He's so cute! And pocketsized 

[kanisha]

He's a Ouessant Shearling  they are most commonly black but I've been waiting weeks for lambing to start here and the first few have been white. finally a black one !
Pocket sized ones are so much easier

[jaykay]

He is very sweet 

Yeh, pocket-sized sheep sound a good idea as I nurse my back having done the feet of one of my Rough Fells on my own yesterday 

[daddymatty82]

our black lambs never stay black for long lol are you still allowed to call them black lambs?

[kanisha]

depends, this one will stay black when shorn if their fleece bleach to brown then you could call them a fading black if on the other hand its a suffolk no they're white sheep

[suziequeue]

Ahhh - he looks very determined :-)

[daddymatty82]

just my girls pre school sing ba ba rainbow sheep as its so say racist now. i still and will always call them what they are

[andywalt]

what a cracker well done

congrats

[kanisha]

depends, this one will stay black when shorn if their fleece bleach to brown then you could call them a fading black if on the other hand its a suffolk no they're white sheep

gotcha sheesh politcal correctness in overdrive

[kanisha]

what a cracker well done

congrats

thanks Andy this lamb had vey high expectations his dam is 100% Abbé breeding the man most credited with saving the breed  and this blood line is so very hard to get hold of shes also a french champion twice over;  I love the construction and bloodline of the sire but this little lamb has totally exceeded my expectations

[princesspiggy]

be careful with black lambs....ours is now 4 yrs and still here ...lol   

[SallyintNorth]

be careful with black lambs....ours is now 4 yrs and still here ...lol   

Ay!  And that's why I put the little black b*!!*£ks on the other side of a rubber ring...  otherwise I could see him staying on for a tup.  (And we're not racist, no, but his parentage is a bit of a mixture - 1/8 Swale, 1/8 Blue-faced Leicester, 3/4 texel - so not ideal for a tup in our flock.)