[Ermingtrude]

Do ewes try to mount each other, in the same way as female cows start ""bulliing"" when they are in season ?  I have 3 ( hopefully, and looking very like it ) pregnant ewes, and one is striking the others with her front leg, and going up behind them, and doing the lip curl ( flehmen, in horses ) thing after sniffing them. I am sure she is pregnant, as are the 2 others she is in with - probably 2-3 weeks from lambing - is this just hormones ?  I swear they concoct things to do, that I can see from the kitchen window, simply to worry me. Last week, they all lay in perfect alignment, so I could only see one of them. Yesterday, one lay on her side, and wafted a foot gently in the air in a ""about to die...going,...going...."" way and only recovered ( completely ) when I arrived at the gate, 45 seconds later, in my slippers and a panic.

[Fleecewife]

   Yes sheep are full of surprises.
They do mount each other, paw at the back end and butt each other, mostly to do with hormones and dominance.  I've noticed ewes doing this to a ewe who is starting to lamb - hormones and over excitement I expect.  Soays are the very worst.
Never lose the joy of watching your sheep  - you will go on learning about their behaviour all your life.
Oh and it is flehmen in sheep too.

[Ermingtrude]

Thank you for the reassurance !  I am more used to cows and horses, so some of their behaviour has been interesting to see. I am so very lucky to have them on my own land, and visible from the windows - I do so love to see what they get up to, and they have been a joy to watch.